Screen shot 2010-03-13 at 8.20.45 AMIt appears animals are not immune to addiction as one primates preference for booze over bananas see’s him wind up in an Ape’s Anonymous Drug Rehab Program.
In recent news, a Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, reports a popular daily.
An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.
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