By Star Chang, posted Jul 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, 681 views,

This Is The Planet Of The Apes In China

A chimpanzee at Xinjiang zoo located at northwest China may soon transforming into an intelligent apes. A set of photos show the chimpanzee puffing away on one cigarette, then lighting another with the smoldering butt — just like a Chinese career smoker. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the ape was also swilling a can of beer. These photo quickly went viral across China’s social media sites. The chimp properly picked up the bad habits from a prankster zoo keeper. Two more pics after the break.

SOURCE: SINA news via shanghaiist