Nicotine-addicted turtle smokes half a pack of cigarettes a day
August 2, 2013 Leave a comment
Nicotine-addicted turtle smokes half a pack of cigarettes a day
Thursday, August 1, 2013 – 16:39
AsiaOne
Several Chinese news programmes ran reports of a turtle in Changchun who smokes ten cigarettes a day. The reptile picked up the dirty habit when its owner flipped the animal to remove a thorn from the animal’s underbelly. To prevent the turtle from snapping his jaws, the man – who is a chef – put his cigarette in the turtle’s mouth. From then on it was hooked. The turtle makes chirping noises when it wants smokes or walks over to its owner when he’s puffing away. The owner said he’s trying to get his pet to quit, not due to concern for the turtle’s health but because he’s shelling out too much on tobacco.