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Man’s adorable giant tortoise is the toast of Tokyo

As close as you can get to a real-life Pokémon.

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Gabe Bergado

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As Vanessa Carlton once famously sang, “Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I see a ginormous tortoise cruising by.” 

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OK, maybe those weren’t her exact words, but there is indeed a shelled reptile taking Tokyo by storm simply by strolling along the city’s streets. 

Recently, a man was spotted patiently walking the magnificent beast through the neighborhood of Tsukishima and the busier, upscale Ginza area. According to RocketNews24, it’s an African spurred tortoise.

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Cue the Vanessa Carlton again.

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And look at the critter’s cute little outfit. Sunday’s finest, right?

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If you’re a pet lover who likes to take things slow, definitely look into raising a tortoise. But don’t underestimate them: I grew up with a pet tortoise, and one day he got out of our backyard and made it down the cul-de-sac in a matter of minutes. Slow and steady wins the race, after all. 

H/T RocketNews24 | Photo via Twitter/hi_roshishi

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