Life's a drag for tortoise (turtle)

[neoprodigy]

Life's a drag for tortoise (turtle)
By STAFF REPORTER
Published: 31 Mar 2008



A TORTOISE whose owner claims it is addicted to smoking can apparently finish a cigarette in four minutes.
Owner Li Yun from the town of Kouqian in Yongji county, said his pet was addicted to cigarettes after it started smoking smouldering butts he left lying around his garden.
He said the animal is now addicted and he has timed it smoking a cigarette in four minutes, and gets upset if he can’t smoke half a pack a day.
He said: “Whenever I smoke the tortoise lifts its head out of the water and stares at the cigarette. If I don’t let it smoke, it swims around crazily in its little pond, scratching the sides.
“The tortoise won’t stop until I give it a cigarette and it bites the butt, and you can see the tip glowing. Within four minutes the cigarette is gone.”
Tang Jingwen, deputy secretary-general of the Jilin City Animal Protection Association, said they wanted to contact Yun over his claims.
He said: “If the tortoise smokes voluntarily there is little we can do, but we want him to stop making it public.”

 

[Nic]

all it needs now is a cocktail.....

 

[Death Pony]

yet another reason for me to pound my head through conrete walls in anger. First off it's a turtle!!! The very definition of trailer trash!!! Li, are you the owner?

 

[neoprodigy]

yet another reason for me to pound my head through conrete walls in anger. First off it's a turtle!!! The very definition of trailer trash!!! Li, are you the owner?

i put the " (turtle) " part.. LOL

 

[dmopar74]

i heard on the radio today that turtles cant breath through their mouth, so how can it really "smoke" the cigarette if it cant inhale.

 

[Death Pony]

i heard on the radio today that turtles cant breath through their mouth, so how can it really "smoke" the cigarette if it cant inhale.

telepathy.....

good point though.

 

[AKblue]

Fawsome!!!

 

[Mystus Redtail]

First off it's a turtle!!! The very definition of trailer trash!!!

Reminds me of some of the people that come into the LPS that I work for and turn away when they see the prices on some of the exotics. I think high prices are a great thing, keeps total trash people from killin- I mean owning these types of pets. Unfortunately, obviously, some of them still manage to get them... probably caught it in the yard...

 

[Mystix212]

This is awesome. I would be in histarics if I saw that in real life.

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

my fish swim in beer. I'm a retard.