Chimp that starred in 1930s Tarzan film dies aged 80

[booster]

Never have I ever heard of an 80 year old chimp.

Amazing.

[faze]

[QUOTE=booster;33939961]Never have I ever heard of an 80 year old chimp.

Amazing.[/QUOTE]

Yeah even in captivity they live to be 40-60. So this is like a 30 year old dog or cat.

[coup]

[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;33934130]Can an animal even have regrets?[/QUOTE]

If they are sentient, like us.

Chimps are, AFAIK. Just like Whales.

[editline]28th December 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=faze;33939976]Yeah even in captivity they live to be 40-60. So this is like a 30 year old dog or cat.[/QUOTE]

Other animals simply don't have the same amount of time, money, and effort going into making medicine and other health advances for them as we do (humans), but chimps are one of our two closest relatives and they can use practically the same healthcare as we do. The ones in zoo's often don't, but this one was a movie star so I'm not surprised he lived to such an old age.

[editline]28th December 2011[/editline]

Humans used to only live to 20 near the start of recorded history.

[Super_Nova]

I'm not surprised he likes football, most people I know who heavily like football are pretty much apes themselves.

[Kaarristu]

Eighty Years.

EIGHTY EFFIN YEARS

That's a lot.

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;33934498]Yes, not having enough regrets

or not starring in Rise of the Planet of the Apes[/QUOTE]

That movie actually didn't have any actual apes in it, they were all CG.

[londonbeckett]

Anyone find it hilarious that he was the last living cast member up to now?