{"id":522367,"date":"2026-08-24T10:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522367"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:52:41","slug":"model-cynthia-benitez-bitten-by-turtle-while-swimming-in-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/model-cynthia-benitez-bitten-by-turtle-while-swimming-in-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Cynthia Ben\u00edtez bitten by turtle while swimming in Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What appeared to be a quiet encounter with turtles ended with an unexpected bite for model <strong>Cynthia Ben\u00edtez Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, who shared the unusual moment on TikTok during her vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video posted to <strong>@cynthiabenitezzz<\/strong>, Cynthia can be seen swimming in the water surrounded by several turtles. Suddenly, one of them approaches from behind and <strong>bites her on the buttocks<\/strong>, prompting an immediate reaction from the model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>They told me they were harmless<\/strong>,\u201d she wrote alongside the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident took place in <strong>Zanzibar<\/strong>, an archipelago belonging to Tanzania, in East Africa, whose islands are located in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video quickly drew attention because of the unexpected encounter, turning what began as a peaceful experience with the animals into a surprising vacation moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What appeared to be a quiet encounter with turtles ended with an unexpected bite for model Cynthia Ben\u00edtez Fern\u00e1ndez, who shared the unusual moment on TikTok during her vacation. In the video posted to @cynthiabenitezzz, Cynthia can be seen swimming in the water surrounded by several turtles. Suddenly, one of them approaches from behind and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bTh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4899.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Entertainment"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4899.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}