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• Chinese tortoise craves nicotine fix 

A tortoise who enjoys a good smoke has been discovered in northeast China's Jilin Province, a local newspaper reported.

The smoking tortoise is the pet of a Chinese man surnamed Yun from Yongji County. He has kept the animal as a pet for nearly four years, according to the City Evening News.

Yun, himself a smoker, one day teased the tortoise by putting a cigarette butt into its mouth. To his surprise, it smoked, the paper said. From then on, he often shared his cigarettes with his pet.

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