Snake hooked on cigarettes

A snake in Taiwan has become addicted to cigarettes and smokes 20 a day.

Po reportedly became hooked thanks to his owner's own habit.

The owner says that Po is very tame and that one day "I threw a cigarette butt away and he went for it and seemed to enjoy having it in his mouth."

The owner says one thing led to another and now Po has one cigarette in the morning and one at night.

"He gets very agitated if I don't have any to spare," the owner says.