Monkey business: Zoo in China investigating after chimpanzee filmed smoking discarded cigarette butt

Nanning Zoo confirmed that it was aware of the video and had launched an investigation. -- PHOTO: TRAVLY/ INSTAGRAM

GUANGXI, China (The Straits Times/ANN): A zoo in China is investigating an incident in which a chimpanzee was captured on video smoking a discarded cigarette butt, according to Chinese media.

The video, which has gone viral since it was posted on Instagram on March 11, shows the animal holding the cigarette to its mouth and puffing out at its enclosure at Nanning Zoo in Guangxi, southern China.