Tobacco addicted turtle

A Chinese turtle is addicted to cigarettes, it often smokes up to 10 cigarettes a day, making its boss very worried.

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According to a Tang family member, who is helping the owner to take care of the turtle, the gray turtle weighs 4.3kg, it has a habit of smoking since he put the cigarette in his mouth a month ago, Changchun Evening News reported.

The turtle is addicted to drugs.(Photo: xwh.cn)

Chef Tang is working at a restaurant in Changchun, Jilin, recounting that the turtle became anorexic before. He explored the cause and discovered the chicken bone under his throat. To get the bone out, Mr. Tang thought of a way to take the smoking cigarette from his mouth and put it in the turtle's mouth so that it lay still. Get the bone out of the throat, the turtle will definitely not release the cigarette.

From here on, the turtle always approached the chef Tang to ask for cigarettes. Like that, he and the turtle often smoke together. If Mr. Tang does not allow it, he will cling to him.

Mr. Tang said he currently cannot afford to supply tortoise cigarettes every day, and he is happy if people give advice to help the detox turtle, Globaltimes said.

In 2011, conservationists once recorded an orangutan in Malaysia also addicted to cigarettes. If not sucked often, it will fall into a state of lethargy, anger.