A 19-year-old chain-smoking female chimpanzee named Azalea is the latest attraction drawing droves of people to a North Korean zoo.
The chimp reportedly smokes 20 cigarettes daily, The Daily Mail reports, and can even light up all on her own with a lighter. When her handlers take her lighter away, she just ignites a fresh cigarette with a burning one.
Azalea’s trainer reportedly taught her how to light up, and even encourages the habit when the park is busy. The trainer insists the chimp does not inhale.
North Korea recently re-opened the zoo in the nation’s capital city of Pyongyang. The zoo is now bringing in thousands of visitors a day thanks to Azalea, and a slew of other attractions like a high-tech history museum, The Daily Mail reports.
Luckily the chimp in the cage next to him is the famous oncologist chimp https://t.co/OSvn4861Ek
— Jack Heine (@dadjack) October 19, 2016
Cc @SmokingSkills_ This is so sad. She even knows how to use a lighter and has developed a 20-a-day habit. https://t.co/GQ7cfEFrza
— Shubhang (@skshubhang) October 19, 2016
But she had quit until the #Cubs lost two in a row. https://t.co/RD7SarqJvN
— Mike Janssen (@MikeJanssenWX) October 19, 2016
— Mike (@OuTLaW_MT) October 19, 2016
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