Lilith
09-01-2004, 05:29 AM
(submitted by gekkogecko)
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Sexual frustration has turned a
Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a
problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at
visitors, the Xinhua news agency says.
Feili, a female chimp in the city of Zhengzhou in the
central province of Henan, picked up her nasty habits
by imitating visitors who behaved "improperly" around
her, Xinhua quoted zoo director Liu Bing as saying on
Sunday.
But, Liu said, the root cause of Feili's
transformation from a "gentle girl" into a "shrew" lay
with the inability to find her a satisfactory mate.
A male chimpanzee at the zoo has failed to live up to
Feili's sexual demands, and she has snubbed other
potential suitors.
Zoo officials said Feili was not addicted to nicotine,
but the chimp has also demonstrated clever -- if not
desperate -- behavior to score a smoke.
"The chimp is spitting at tourists and smoking,"
Xinhua quoted a boy visiting the zoo. "Just now a
tourist threw a cigarette butt to just outside the
cage, she tried to get the butt with a stick."
Reuters to
My Yahoo!
BEIJING (Reuters) - Sexual frustration has turned a
Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a
problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at
visitors, the Xinhua news agency says.
Feili, a female chimp in the city of Zhengzhou in the
central province of Henan, picked up her nasty habits
by imitating visitors who behaved "improperly" around
her, Xinhua quoted zoo director Liu Bing as saying on
Sunday.
But, Liu said, the root cause of Feili's
transformation from a "gentle girl" into a "shrew" lay
with the inability to find her a satisfactory mate.
A male chimpanzee at the zoo has failed to live up to
Feili's sexual demands, and she has snubbed other
potential suitors.
Zoo officials said Feili was not addicted to nicotine,
but the chimp has also demonstrated clever -- if not
desperate -- behavior to score a smoke.
"The chimp is spitting at tourists and smoking,"
Xinhua quoted a boy visiting the zoo. "Just now a
tourist threw a cigarette butt to just outside the
cage, she tried to get the butt with a stick."