Cigarettes are dangerous, but don’t tell that to Po. After all, he’s addicted, so he won’t take kindly to your criticism, but more than that, Po is also a snake. Even snakes can get addicted to cigarettes, apparently! Apparently, Po picked up the habit because his owner, Sho Lau, has a 20 cig-a-day habit, and the second-hand smoke is what made Po a nicotine junkie.
Said Sho, “He is very tame and one day when I threw a cigarette butt away he went for it and seemed to enjoy having it in his mouth. One thing led to another and before long he was having one cigarette in the morning and another at night.” It’s a good thing Po and Sho live in Taipei, Taiwan, and not Jakarta, because otherwise Mr. Lau might be cleaning up exploded snake brains one of these days.
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