Cheetah the chimp is dead! by AURaptor

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Cheetah the chimp is dead!

POSTED BY: AURAPTOR
UPDATED: Thursday, December 29, 2011 03:18
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:20 AM

America loves a winner!

Yes, that Cheetah, from the Tarzan tv show!

No joke! He just died, on Christmas eve, and at the age of 80! Who knew chimps lived that long??

Seriously, the first bit of surprising news I've heard in a long while.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:24 AM

CANTTAKESKY

This has been retweeted a lot:

MiaFarrow
My mom,Tarzan's Jane, referred to Cheetah-the-chimp as 'that bastard' - saying he bit her at every opportunity. Cheetah lived to be 80

Yes, now I get my news from Twitter.

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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:34 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

So twitter is more than wine tasting & shopping updates from Jewel Staite, or Adam's political views?

Huh.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:36 AM

CANTTAKESKY

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So twitter is more than wine tasting & shopping updates from Jewel Staite, or Adam's political views?

I follow more than the cast of Firefly. Imagine that. :)

Here are some good tweeters for news:

@ggreenwald
@goldmandc
@mattapuzzo
@davidkenner
@emptywheel

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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:54 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Oh, I do too. Felecia Day's tweets are sometimes worth a chuckle. But to be honest, my following on twitter is sporadic, at best.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:31 AM

HERO

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Yes, that Cheetah, from the Tarzan tv show!

No joke! He just died, on Christmas eve, and at the age of 80! Who knew chimps lived that long??

Seriously, the first bit of surprising news I've heard in a long while.

Hmm...I really have nothing to say about this...really.

But in the interest of fairness I'll turn keyboard over to the black stand up comic standing next to me...DaShaun, its all yours:

Cheetah died...damn, now we'll never see Obama's birth certificate.

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
"I agree with Hero." Niki2, 2011.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:53 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

"I'll turn keyboard over to the black stand up comic standing next to me...DaShaun, its all yours: Cheetah died...damn, now we'll never see Obama's birth certificate."

Hello Hero,

I'm not sure what that means or why it is supposed to be funny?

--Anthony

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:55 PM

DREAMTROVE

Cheetah acted for 30 years, which is long for a chimp, but he was not the only Cheetah

Not to lessen the tragedy, but I read a few years back that the cheetah who was still alive, being the one who just died, was not in fact the original cheetah, and that this had been a misunderstanding. If that were the case, it would make him more like 60. Still, the evidence was sketchy, based on the vet's estimate of the animal's age, rather than the preceding death of cheetah, so it could be inaccurate.

I see now that more than one extant chimp was claiming to be cheetah, or rather, others were making the claim, but then, there was more than one cheetah, so this may in fact be the death of the original actor, we just don't keep good track of our chimps.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:18 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Seems there's either a bit of confusion , or some were trying to ride Cheetah's coat tails, and claim another chimp's glory. The report I heard was that he was the only chimp, for all those years, and there were no "other" Cheetahs.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

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