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Turtle approaches unsuspecting family swimming in Hawaii shallows

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Massive turtle approaches oblivious family swimming in Hawaii shallows

The moment a massive turtle swam up to a family playing in the ocean was caught on camera.

This clip shows the creature approaching the totally oblivious group in Hawaii, at times just inches away from the children.

Blogger Indy Clinton shared the clip to her TikTok account.

“POV when you’re swimming and something goes past your leg and you think it’s seaweed. It’s not,” she said.

Ms Clinton told The Independent that she filmed the encounter from her balcony.

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