(167) A CHIMP INTO SPACE and SCATTER !

A YouTube video circa 1961 about the first chimp in space...

Now I have to tell you that this chimp in space proved to us that chimps were very intelligent beings, and I really think this is what got Elvis thinking about having a chimp as a pet, the infamous playboy chimp named Scatter! Scatter was actually gifted to Elvis, after he saw him performing on television and offered to buy him!

Scatter drank a teeny bit of whisky that the guys poured him when they had a drink and pulled a bit on a cigar, just like Elvis. Elvis hated pretentiousness and Scatter mimicking our "playboy" lifestyle kept it down to earth around the house.