A female orangutan named 'Shirley' has been observed to be heavily addicted to cigarettes at Johor Zoo. She was seen trying to light a 'beedee' (rolled up tobacco in leaves) using a lighted cigarette butt. After taking several puffs from the 'beedee' she walked to another corner of her enclosure and tried to 'make her own type of cigarette' using a dried leave.
When she did not succeed in lighting it, she sat looking dazed and finally took deep puffs from her cigarette. She was clearly showing signs suggesting a kind of 'nicotine withdrawal syndrome'. She was later seen begging visitors who were standing around her exhibit for cigarettes. She did this by throwing a used cigarette butt at the visitors so that they would throw one back to her.
How can they let an animal get addicted to something which we know is harmful to one's body and health.作者: DimanXRs 時間: 2011-5-5 12:13 AM
What is this happening? Is there not one even bother to stop him from smoking cigarettes.作者: netaccess 時間: 2011-5-5 08:37 AM
Apparently and sadly no...
no one, no official from Zoo or anyone to stop the orangutan from smoking...
otherwise it would not have got so addicted. :(作者: charmmymiao 時間: 2011-5-5 10:03 AM
hmm.. sadly for orang utan
they should ban smoking in zoo作者: 阿仔93 時間: 2011-5-26 02:20 PM
