"BOBO" SMOKES
The liondon Zoo has, been presented with a rare black-faced, chimpanzee from the French Cameroqns.. The specimen is a.female known as Bobo, and her zoological importance is only one of her minor attractions (says the London "Sunday Times")- She appears to be a "character," and intends to be an exacting new inmate of the gardens.' She must be allowed to smoke ten cigarettes a day and to have tea with plenty of sugar and milk every afternoon, while her rations must always include a plentiful supply of cabbages, lettuces, onions, and leeks! Bobo's intelligence is stated to be highly developed, and she has been trained to perform several tricks, one of which it to write notes to anyone who will provide her with a pencil and paper. Unfortunately her temper does not seem to be reliable, and, though docile with certain persons, she is subject to fits of violent and ungovernable raorp
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 12
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154"BOBO" SMOKES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1931, Page 12
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