R.I.P. Cheetah ......
 

http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/ap/obit...2.grid-5x2.jpg

80 years old !!!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/458041.../#.Tvs5f_Ifh40

Wow, I didn't know chimps lived that long.

I would totally tap that chick on the left

Rip.......

Apparently, the chimp that died was not the "Cheeta" in the 1930's Tarzan movies, and was probably at least 20+ years younger than claimed.

http://www.imagegossips.com/wp-conte...showing_12.jpg

Here is a fascinating article debunking the celebrity chimps' identity:

Lie of the Jungle: The Truth About Cheeta the Chimpanzee

Here is a separate 1957 newsclip supposedly about the famous simian dying 50+ years ago:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zV4MC4ovjL...ep+8,+1957.png

BTW, there were no chimp companions or "Cheeta" (Cheetah), in any of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan novels (although there was a monkey companion Nkima in some of the later books).

The false story of Cheeta being 80 years old plays into our sense of nostalgia, but it also perpetuates Hollywood inaccurate stereotypes about animals, and ignores the abuse that animals used in movies are often subjected to.



ADG

R.i.p....