南非動(dòng)物園一只大猩猩因?yàn)橄矚g抽煙而聲名遠(yuǎn)播，日前去世，高齡52歲。
Charlie the Chimp, who is well known for his severe cigarette smoking habit, has finally died at the old age of 52.
Charlie started smoking almost a decade ago, after some visitors to the zoo threw lit cigarettes to him in hopes he would follow their example and smoke them. He did, and he was hooked from that day on. Due to the partial to tobacco, he has become quite a famous star in the zoo, attracting tens of thousands visitors to watch every year.
For years, zookeepers have attempted to break his habit, but continuous problems with tourists and locals giving him cigarettes from their packs made it difficult.
Generally, the average lifespan for chimps is 40 years. Despite the smoking, it was not this that killed him, his keeps say. At the age of 52, he was ten years older than most chimps survive.
Even though he has been receiving special care, and a special diet including protein shakes, vitamin and mineral supplements, he succumbed to old age.
南非動(dòng)物園一只大猩猩因?yàn)橄矚g抽煙而聲名遠(yuǎn)播，日前去世，高齡52歲。
這只名叫“查理”的大猩猩多年前，因?yàn)橛慰蛠G給它一支香煙，開始愛上吞云吐霧，隨后“查理”因?yàn)閻鄢闊?，成為?dòng)物園最有名氣的動(dòng)物，每年因此吸引成千上萬名游客前來觀看。
過去多年來，雖然園方想盡方法，讓“查理”戒煙，但因?yàn)橛慰徒?jīng)常拿煙給“查理”，戒煙也沒有成功。
通常，大猩猩的平均壽命是40歲，動(dòng)物園發(fā)言人說，他很難想象，“查理”有抽煙惡習(xí)，居然還能多活十年。
盡管他受到了特殊關(guān)愛，以及享用含有蛋白粉，維他命，特定飲食，礦物補(bǔ)充劑的特定飲食， 他還是老死了。