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Booie, the smoking chimpanzee, dies at 44
2011-12-16
[Emirates 24/7] A chimpanzee that kicked a smoking habit and used sign language to beg for candy has died at a Caliphornia animal refuge.
Charlie the Smoking Chimp lived to age 52 in South Africa...
Martine Colette of the Wildlife WayStation says Booie (BOO'-ee) was being treated for a heart condition when he died Saturday at 44. The chimp had been living at the animal sanctuary near Los Angeles since 1995, after he retired from a research lab.

Colette says she turned Booie into a non-smoker but couldn't fix his sweet tooth. She says he would use his skill to panhandle by signing: "Booie see sweet in pocket."

Booie's death is a serious blow to the financially troubled refuge because he was one of its best fundraisers. Martine says he had fans around the world because of his TV appearances.
Posted by:Fred

#8  You decide, Did they die from smoking? Or just wear out? Posted by: Redneck Jim

I'm 65, and I smoked a pipe for about ten years. My dad smoked a pipe from the time he was 15 until he died at 79. My mom smoked cigarettes for about 40 years, and died at 80. My grandmother dipped snuff and lived to be 85. From what I've read recently, some genotypes are prone to cancer from cigarettes, others aren't. If being "worn out" were a criteria, I'd have died 20 years ago...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2011-12-16 23:19  

#7  You decide, Did they die from smoking?
Oe just wear out?

Maybe they got tired of of people nagging them to quit?
Posted by: Pappy   2011-12-16 21:14  

#6  I hope they let him use the patch and didn't make him participate in "group." Sure as shooting there would have been some bi-polar spider monkey blabbing on about her feelings the whole time making him feel like he wanted to give her the Gilligan's Island treatment with the coconut shell left over from the lunch buffet.
Posted by: Super Hose   2011-12-16 21:00  

#5  My Dad smoked, he's dead at 54, My brother smoked, he's dead at 51, My other brother smoked(Quit recently) and my Mom who NEVER smoked Died at 95, I NEVER smoked, and I'm currently 64 and in relative good health.

You decide, Did they die from smoking?
Oe just wear out?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-12-16 10:36  

#4  Moose,

So what's the downside?
Posted by: Durnham Freebody   2011-12-16 09:04  

#3  Durnham Freebody: Quitting means being locked in a cage and throwing your feces at people who want to feed you only vegetables.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-12-16 08:18  

#2  Booie's death is a serious blow to the financially troubled refuge because he was one of its best fundraisers. Martine says he had fans around the world because of his TV appearances.

I hear Harry and Nancy might be needing work in another year or so.
Posted by: gorb   2011-12-16 02:21  

#1  If Booie can quit, so can I.
Posted by: Durnham Freebody   2011-12-16 00:31  

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