Up in smoke: South African chimpanzee famed for smoking habit dies at 52

Last puff: S.African famed smoking chimp dies

Officials to inspect Atlanta zoo after venomous rattlesnake escapes; snake later killed

Atlanta zoo to be inspected after snake escape

Irish pranksters steal Kelli the penguin from Dublin Zoo; bird found waddling on city sidewalk

Dublin Zoo relieved over return of stolen penguin

Pittsburgh Zoo offers people with mullets a discount for a day _ and a chance at a haircut

Sporting a mullet pays off at Pittsburgh Zoo

Crafty gorilla tries to use branch as ladder to flee exhibit at the North Carolina Zoo

Crafty gorilla tries to use branch to flee exhibit

It’s the stork’s turn for a special delivery: Stork eggs hatch at Chicago zoo

Special delivery! Chicago zoo gets 3 stork chicks

LeBron to leave Ohio _ not the Cavalier, but the jaguar who is bound for a Florida zoo

LeBron leaving Ohio _ not the Cavalier, the jaguar

Archie the 4,000-pound rhinoceros escapes his cage at Jacksonville Zoo

4,000-pound rhinoceros escapes cage at Fla. zoo

Penguin parents at Colorado zoo adopted struggling chick from another zoo

Colorado penguin parents adopt another zoo’s chick

‘Tony’ the Siberian tiger tranquilized, hauled out of moat at San Francisco zoo after 4 nights

‘Tony’ the tiger pulled from moat at SF zoo

Duchess the orangutan turns 50 at Phoenix Zoo; celebration includes cake, gifts

Duchess the orangutan turns 50 at Phoenix Zoo

Necklaces, ornaments made from dime-sized pieces of reindeer dung earn Ill. zoo nearly $21K

Reindeer dung ornaments, jewelry net Ill. zoo $20K