This chimp at a North Korea zoo smokes a pack of cigarettes a day

A chimp in a North Korea zoo smokes a cigarette pack a day.

(Image credit: Screenshot/The Guardian)

published 19 October 2016

If you go to the zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, there's a chance you'll see a chimpanzee puffing on a cigarette. Officials at the zoo say a chimp named Azalea smokes about a pack a day.

Now, Azalea didn't pick up this bad habit on her own — the zoo actually provides the chimp with the cigarettes and a lighter, as a trick for visitors to ogle. The chimp, however, handles lighting it up all on her own. She can reportedly use either a lighter or a lit cigarette.