ASHES THE HAIRLESS CHIMP

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009
By Sarah Haddad

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KARNATAKA, INDIA – A mutated human? An alien hybrid? What is it?!

It’s just Ashes, the hairless chimpanzee! Ashes is a 13 year old chimp that lives at the Mysore Zoo in India.

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[image courtesy of richu]

Ashes was born with fur like any other chimpanzee. But by just a year old, he had lost all of it! While he is somewhat frightening, it is a wonderful opportunity to be able to see a chimp’s musculature.

Ashes is not the only one of his rare kind. Another hairless chimp called Cinder was born at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri. Also born with full hair, she soon lost it but was still readily accepted by the other chimps.

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Both animals suffer from alopecia universalis, which is also found among humans! Sadly, Cinder passed away this past February, so curious visitors will have to travel to India to get a peek at Ashes.

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5 Comments For This Post

  1. tracy says:

    his legs kind of look like mine… wait, am i a monkey?

  2. renee says:

    dude like wat da hell would make u say that

  3. xxx says:

    those were strong arms

  4. DOREEN ROSANEN says:

    I am so sorry to see that the zoo had so little regard to her privacy away from gocking humans
    and nothing but artifitial trees and rocks. It was terrible for her and the other chimps the way all
    that glass so humans can get their kicks. I hope soon things will change for the better for
    zoo animals and not for the public. The public doesn't even give enough money, simply because
    the way the zoos treat animals is what people see. If I ran a zoo I'd do it like Gorilla Haven, have
    a sanctuary where humans must be quiet and peek thru bushes and trees. This way the
    primates can live a half decent life. Zoos should think of the animals first NOT PEOPLE.

  5. Renee says:

    That monkey needs lotion.

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