Chain-Smoking Chimp Charlie Dies

Charlie the chain-smoking chimp has died of old age. The famous South African chimpanzee was thought to be 52. Charlie apparently picked up his habit when he worked in a circus years ago. A spokesperson for the zoo where Charlie lived his remaining days said the facility did not enable Charlie by providing butts. Instead, Charlie was a mooch who got his nicotine fix by bumming cigarettes from visitors. Read the full article or see the AP or Telegraph. (More chimpanzees stories.)