The zoo staff insists that Azalea doesn’t inhale while smoking as if that somehow changes this situation at all. 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. The trainer also prompted her to touch her nose, bow thank you and do a simple dance. 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. If a lighter isn’t available, she can light up from lit cigarette if one is tossed her way. Thrown a lighter by a zoo trainer, the chimpanzee lights her own cigarettes. Like the big girl that she is, Azalea lights her own cigarettes every time after one of the zookeepers tosses her a lighter. According to Lonely Planet guide for North Korea, the Central Zoo had been criticised for keeping animals in “woefully inadequate compounds”.Meet Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee /7xXTfOwTFo However, many reports have raised corners about the sorry state of affairs at the zoo. More than 40 animal enclosures have been built for reptiles, monkeys and other wild animals across the zoo to match the surrounding scenery, according to North Korean state news agency KCNA. The trainer of the star ape also encouraged her to touch her nose, bow thank you and do a simple dance to entertain the spectators further.
The AP report added that guests were delighted as she “sat puffing away as her trainer egged her on”. Though animal right activist and general people would get angry at such spectacle, visitors at the zoo seemed to have been enjoying the affair thoroughly. The renovations that began in 2014, as part of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s efforts to create more modern and impressive structures and leisure centres around the capital was actually built in 1959. The renovated zoo has been a major attraction among the people of the country ever since it reopened.
If a lighter isn’t available, she can light up from lit cigarette if one is tossed her way.” The zoo officials however claim that Azalea does not inhale the smoke though. Dallae is short for Azalea.Īccording to an AP report, “Thrown a lighter by a zoo trainer, the chimpanzee lights her own cigarettes. According to zoo officials, the 19-year-old female chimpanzee, whose name in Korean is “Dallae”, smokes about a pack a day. Wondering how animals are within the ambit of harmful effects of smoking? Well, a chimpanzee at a zoo in North Korea has taken the Internet by storm after videos of her smoking cigarettes emerged.Ī chimpanzee named Azalea has become been an Internet sensation, and reports suggest she’s a star at the refurbished Central zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Smoking is injurious to health we have been told numerous times, not just for us humans, but also for animals. Azalea, a 19-year-old female chimpanzee whose Korean name is “Dallae,” smokes about a pack of cigarettes a day at the Central Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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