Among the meanest things that we do to animals is teach them to be like humans. “Look, we taught an ape to use a computer!” Why did you do that?! That ape should be eating bananas and running through the jungle — it should have no conception of Microsoft Excel!

While it’s one thing when researchers do it, it’s also becoming a problem for zoo guests. Multiple zoos have asked guests to stop showing animals videos on their phones, and now, a Russian boxer is coming under fire for handing her vape over to an orangutan for it to take a puff.

Not good!

Russian boxer teaches an orangutan how to vape

The 'bright' idea to thug-ify the animal came to the athlete during a trip to a Crimea zoo

Others weren't so amused with the initiation and she now faces disciplinary actions pic.twitter.com/CmDFChsQtQ

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