Charlie the chimp, known for his cigarette habit, has died at his home in a South African ***.
After picking up a smoking habit because of cigarettes being thrown into his enclosure at the Mangaung *** in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Charlie began to bum smokes from *** visitors by gesturing to his mouth with two fingers, mimicking the actions of smokers he'd watched. (See photos of the world's most endangered primates)
Visitors continued to indulge the chimp, bringing on a hailstorm of accusations from ****** rights activists when videos surfaced online not long after, prompting Bloemfontein *** officials to try to cut Charlie's nicotine supply off entirely.
*** officials claim that smoking was not a factor in the Charlie's death, who at 52, lived ten years beyond the normal life expectancy of the average chimpanzee.
