For those that don’t know. This video is REAL, but it was filmed with a long lens from a long distance which makes objects in the background (the crowd of people) appear closer to objects in the foreground (the turtle) than they actually are. In this case, that phenomenon created the impression that this turtle is abnormally large when in reality it’s just a bit larger than a person.
I came face to face with one as big if not bigger than this snorkeling in the Florida Keys. It was terrifying. The water wasn’t clear on the day. I was dragging behind the boat searching for lobster holes holding onto a ski rope. We were going maybe 10mph, and I was stretching as far out to the left as I could go.
As soon as I saw him he booked it. I also changed direction immediately. Seeing something that big in the water with you is scary.I saw one of these majestic creatures with my brother when we were kids at Panama Beach in Costa Rica, the turtle was even laying eggs when we saw it! we were so hyped that we sprinted to our parents so they could see the show too.
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