NFRC: But I found this incredibly interesting: Cheetah the chimp turned 74 this week!

[richard-in-cincy]

I saw this on the news and it nearly bowled me over. Cheetah, famous sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan movies or the 30-40's, is alive and well and living in Palm Springs. They showed him chowing down on birthday cake and drinking diet coke (why???). Amazing.

 

[CathyZ]

Amazing! Like others of my generation I remember him well- happy birthday, Cheetah!

 

[angak]

The diet coke must be acting as a preservative, dontcha think?

 

[pat-in-to]

I'm not sure it's worth it

 

[mistral]

Cheetah drinks it because he likes it. Whoever said chimpanzees have good taste?!(nt)