https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/09/happy-birthday-cheeta/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/09/happy-birthday-cheeta/#comment-6271 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:27:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/09/happy-birthday-cheeta/#comment-6271 A chimp who could act was worth his weight in gold in the Tarzan movie franchise. Later chimps had trouble living up the the proud name of Cheeta. When they were shooting a Tarzan movie in 1969, Mike Henry (the then-star) was seriously bitten in the jaw by a chimp. He needed twenty stitches to close the wound and sued the producers later. The chimp was destroyed.Cheeta should have started a school.

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