

According to officials at the newly renovated zoo, which has become a favorite. The zoo also has performances featuring other animals trained to do tricks, including a monkey that slam dunks basketballs, dogs trained to appear as though they can do addition on subtraction on an abacus and doves that fly around and land on a woman skating on an indoor stage. PYONGYANG, North Korea Pyongyang’s newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea the smoking chimpanzee. 19, 2016.Īnother of the most popular attractions that might come as a surprise to foreign visitors is the dog pavilion, which has everything from German shepherds to Shih Tsus.

Azalea, whose Korean name is “Dallae,” a 19-year-old female chimpanzee, smokes a cigarette at the Central Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, Oct. Visitors cheer as Azalea the Chimpanzee lights up a cigarette and begin puffing smoke. Charlie lived ten years longer than the average captive chimp despite his bad habit, keepers at. The zoo is pulling in thousands of visitors a day with a slew of attractions ranging from such typical fare as elephants, giraffes, penguins and monkeys to a high-tech natural history museum with displays showing the origins of the solar system and the evolution of life on Earth. A chimpanzee famous for smoking cigarettes has died at the age of 52 - of natural causes. The trainer also prompted her to touch her nose, bow thank you and do a simple dance. A chimpanzee once hooked on smoking by visitors offering it cigarettes has died at a South African zoo at the relatively advanced age of 52. The writings and images within are all hand. Though such a sight would be cringe-worthy in many other locales, it seemed to delight visitors who roared with laughter on Wednesday as the chimpanzee, one of two at the zoo, sat puffing away as her trainer egged her on. All information herein has been extracted from a multi volume book of unknown origin called The Book of Monkey.
