He's
4 foot tall and weighs 150 pounds.
Cheeta,
who starred in 12 Tarzan movies in the 1930's and 40's, turned 74 on 9th April
2006.
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Cheeta
with Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan |
Last
year, on his 73rd birthday, he was named the world's oldest Chimp by the Guinness
Book of Records.
Chimps
usually live up to 40 in the wild or 60 in captivity.
To
celebrate his 74th, Cheeta was awarded the first movie award of his life last
weekend when he received an International Comedy Film Festival of Peniscola award.
Cheeta
has taken up abstract art ('apestract'). The pictures are sold to raise funs for
the sanctuary where he lives.
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Cheeta
at his 73rd birthday party |
12th
April 2006
