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Tarzan chimp Cheetah celebrates 75th birthday
Apr 11 2007
icwales.co
CHEETAH, star of Tarzan movies in the 1930s and now considered to be the world’s oldest chimp, has just celebrated his 75th birthday in the US.
He marked the occasion at the primate sanctuary Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes (CHEETA) in Palm Springs, California, by tucking into sugar-free cake and diet soft drinks.
His owner and trainer Dan Westfall said Cheetah was diagnosed with diabetes about seven years ago.
Cheetah was born in Liberia in 1932 and made his movie debut in 1934. He featured in about a dozen Tarzan movies and retired after starring in the 1967 film Dr Doolittle with Rex Harrison.
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| Saint Sway |
nappy headed ho? |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
They say that Cheetah was actually quite relieved after Jane came along. At least until those times she shut Tarzan off.
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| monkey_man |
Happy Birthday Cheetah! I hope you get your gob knobbled!
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| Starbuck |
a thread wishing happy birthday to a chimp. man, TTM, you are really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one. i hereby sentence you to 90 days in the hole with sunny. |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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Starbuck wrote:
a thread wishing happy birthday to a chimp. man, TTM, you are really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one. i hereby sentence you to 90 days in the hole with sunny.
LOL. Yes The Worlds's oldest chimp, BTW. But it's really got more to do with the history of film/films. I'm surprised the animal is still alive. He's a living link to the past. An oddity for sure. I personally don't think it's scraping the bottom of the barrel at all. At least not for film buffs. |
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| Starbuck |
"He's a living link to the past. "
ummmm...yeah. if one speaks monkey.
undoubtedly he is right now touring the lecture circuit expounding on how monkeys handled living in the dust bowl during the depression. |
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| Saint Sway |
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Starbuck wrote:
undoubtedly he is right now touring the lecture circuit expounding on how monkeys handled living in the dust bowl during the depression.
I can see it now.... Cheetah & Voodoo giving a Stones lecture together in "The Tent" |
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| pdog |
My little monkey turned 6 today... |
