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Published 12:31 27 Jul 2012 BST
Updated 11:15 15 Jun 2015 BST
Indonesian zookeepers have moved an orangutan away from visitors in order to kick her smoking habit.
Visitors to Taura Jurag Zoo throw cigarettes into Tori the orangutan’s cage in order to catch snaps of the money smoking.
According to The Huffington Post, the zoo's spokesperson Daniek Hendarto told reporters that Tori and her boyfriend Didik were moved to a small island within the zoo to keep them from picking up the cigarettes and smoking them.

Tori the orangutan smoking a cigarette thrown to her by a visitor
Fifteen year old Tori has been smoking for over a decade and mimics the humans she sees smoking every day.
The monkey is one of four endangered orangutans in the zoo but medical tests on the animal show that she is in pretty good condition despite her long-term smoking.
Maybe Tori should take Her.ie’s advice when it comes to beating the cravings and quitting the fags!
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