There’s a story in the Trib today that Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s beloved chimp, is living at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula.

As a matter of fact, when you go to the center’s Web site, you learn that Bubble is the “featured resident.”

He’s described as smart distinctive and tender. Our story said he has yet to be told of his former owner’s death. Sniff.

For $10,000 you can become Bubbles’ exclusive adoptive “parent” for on year and have the opportunity for “a unique overnight stay in a guest cabin on sanctuary grounds.”

That sounds more like a trip to Neverland, to me.