European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes july 1985 a photo sometime around now no one knows just when is or was jimmys 55th worlds oldest primate a photo still a despite his h by Peter Coy associated press Erbert Hoover was still in the White House when Jimmy the first toiled As a zoo pushing a baby Riding a bicycle and combing Peoples in already he threw a Tantrum when zookeepers put a television outside his Cage so he could watch the space flight of gemini Jimmy will wrinkle his Flat Black nose in haughty distaste at goodies like a a sprig of a chunk of Watermelon or a sip of Hes seen it Hes so says Patricia Low one of the keepers at the count operated Seneca Park zoo in sometime around now no one knows just when is or was jimmys 55th not counting human he May Well be the oldest primate in the its a bit of a mystery Why Hes doing so says his Jeffrey Good i to the dismay of there is no Way of knowing for sure if Jimmy is older than a Chim Panzee at the Yerkes regional primate Center at Emory University in Jimmy was born wild somewhere in the african Congo and arrived at Rochester Brand new Seneca Park zoo in july zookeepers estimated he was at least a year old at the Bula was born on april on the estate of Madame Rosalia Abreu in Marvin an expert on primate longevity who is registrar of the san Diego says he gives the old age honors to Jimmy based on his scrutiny of a photograph taken of the Chimp about the time hear Rived in i would say jimmys the Jones told a re i dont think youd be sticking your neck out saying Jimmy and Bula still have a few years to equal the Al time longevity record set by a male orangutan who died at the Philadelphia zoo on at the age of about Jimmy is looking a bit threadbare these the Jet Lack hair is Patchy on the Back of his his wrists and the front of his he seems to have a Little arthritis or rheumatism in his legs and he squints a he May be he is too old to be sedated for a manicure and so his nails have curving As much As an Inch past the tips of his leathery Black fingers and Wyatt says Jimmy has the Good Appe Bright attitude and basically sound Constitution of a Chimp 25 years and his movements Are a study in Simian Jimmy keeps handfuls of Monkey Chow biscuits Al ways close at hand and munches often on treats of lettuce and he peels the eats and then methodically eats the his hearing is acute and his Teeth Are especially considering he has never undergone dental As most older primates he has fallen victim to none of the geriatric woes that chimps Are heir such As congestive heart cancer and even at Jimmy can still swing his 160pound bulk to the top of his 20foothigh Cage using Only his or stamp out a thundering Tattoo on his Plank Perch when the mood strikes and when disturbed by zoo visitors or his the giant orangutan in the next Jimmy can still curl out his lips and sound an authentic Jungle Call oooo oooo Jimmy has an annual birthday party put on by supporters at which he receives and generally ignores a banana Cream pie sprinkled with but the zoo itself has done nothing to publicize Jim mys senior it even subtracted a year from his age on an old sign by incorrectly stating he was born in a new sign will be put on jimmys Cage within a few says Dan the zoos whose office is adorned with a plastic foam Model of a pair of Lions lungs hanging from the the 14acre zoo is owned by the City of Rochester but run by Monroe it has 550 animals of 190 Jimmy is a confirmed even As a he turned a cold and hairy shoulder to the Wiles of every female Chimp who was placed in his Cage to Jimmy will drink water Only from a up turned Garden Hose and seems to dislike the pattern of the Hainlink Fence in his outdoor he goes outside Only when the temperature approaches the a rare occurrence in Jimmy regards unfamiliar human beings with a m cold especially people in brass buttoned uniforms and some because they remind him of the hated orangutans next once the male reached into Jim mys Cage to choke him and Only stopped when Jimy Sank his Teeth into Gam bars a female orangutan lost a Finger to jimmys now a Wall separates their Jimmy has not lived with another Chimp or been handled by a human being since when he went on a rampage in his playhouse and hurled pots and pans at fleeing zookeepers decided the giant Chimp he weighed More than 200 pounds at the time was getting too temperamental and too big for the examines Jimmy from he says he wont give Jimmy a physical As Long As he appears healthy because he fears the Chimp might never revive if jimmys peer in participates in experiments that researchers Hope will shed Light on the aging process in human beings As wll As in just goofs Wyatt said numerous laboratories have asked for sections of jimmys tissues when he the san Diego zoo longevity says he Hopes the Seneca Park zoo staff will have the presence of mind to put Jimmy in a deep freeze As soon As he