This Week's Sign of the Downfall

M’nkey to Her Heart

Adie Timmermans of Belgium was banned from the Antwerp Zoo for having an unhealthy emotional relationship with a chimpanzee this past August. Adie visited Chita, a 38-year-old male chimp, once weekly for four years before falling in love with him. The two blew kisses back and forth through the glass regularly at the primate enclosure, so it was mutual. Zookeepers finally banned Adie from the zoo after Chita stopped socializing with the other chimps, and Addie is protesting the ban because, and this is a real quote, “I love that animal and he loves me.”