Watching a Baby Tortoise Eat Applesauce Is Oddly Soothing

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If you’re in the mood for something cute, we recommend turning your attention to this video of a baby tortoise enjoying applesauce for the very first time. This tiny little fella is named Herman and though he seems a bit skeptical at first, he soon realizes how delicious applesauce is, and starts taking huge bites.

“He’s 2 months old and we’ve only had him for a week,” owner BJ Massey explains. “But the store we got him from informed us he’d only eaten re-hydrated pellet food, so we’ve been spoiling him with Kale, Bok Choi and (unsweetened, pure) apple sauce.”

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