Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit

Tori, a 15-year-old orangutan, smokes a cigarette inside her cage at Satwa Taru Jurug zoo in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on Friday, July 6, 2012. Zookeepers said they plan to move Tori, who learned to smoke about a decade ago by imitating people, away from visitors who regularly throw lit cigarettes into her cage so they can watch and photograph her puffing away and exhaling smoke. -- PHOTO: AP JAKARTA (AP) - Tori is a teenager with a bad habit. The 15-year-old orangutan has been smoking cigarettes at an Indonesian zoo for a decade, but she's about to go cold turkey. Zookeepers say they plan to move Tori away from visitors who regularly throw lit cigarettes into her cage so they can watch and photograph her puffing away and exhaling smoke. Taru Jurug Zoo director Lili Krisdianto said on Friday the move is aimed to protect four endangered orangutans at the 14-ha zoo in th...

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@sherry_oh » 07 Jul '12, 3am
smoking orangutan!! [link]
@moby74 » 07 Jul '12, 1am
RT @FakeSTcom: Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick habit, after failing to help its trees quit smoking for the last decade #haze [link]
@FakeSTcom » 07 Jul '12, 1am
Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick habit, after failing to help its trees quit smoking for the last decade #haze [link]
@TMiaoTing » 06 Jul '12, 2pm
Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link] (via ST iPhone App) animal smokes~ whoa
@stcom_dev » 06 Jul '12, 2pm
Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit: JAKARTA (AP) - Tori is a teenager with a bad habit. The 15-... [link]
@edmundtyw23 » 06 Jul '12, 2pm
RT @NinjaMagneto Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link] HOW DID SHE EVEN GOT HOLD OF THE CIGARETTES?!
@wolwol » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link] monyet dibantu, manusia kaga. #irony
@Asia_Today » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
@AsiaTodayNews Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit: JAKARTA (AP) - Tori is a teena... [link] - #Asia #News
@MH_YNWA » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
Maybe they should do this to you all. @yuanchyi and @willywongka89 [link]
@RWISHNUWARDHANA » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
Smoking kills! Even to orangutan: Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link] (via ST iPhone App)
@Dancing_Pedals » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
[link] Smokin' Orangutan. Lmao
@klubbkiddkl » 06 Jul '12, 1pm
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@billtay25 » 06 Jul '12, 12pm
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@leprechaunicorn » 06 Jul '12, 12pm
RT @hannahtansmiles: "@STcom: Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link]" OMG WHAT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ORANGUTAN WHO SMOKES?!
@hannahtansmiles » 06 Jul '12, 12pm
"@STcom: Indonesia to help smoking orangutan kick the habit [link]" OMG WHAT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ORANGUTAN WHO SMOKES?!
@miLyrala_ » 06 Jul '12, 12pm
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