A herd of endangered Key deer took a swim in a Florida Keys canal in what onlookers described as a "rare occurrence."

Video footage shows a group of about five deer gracefully jumping into the water and gliding through it.

"We were in awe," Jaime Kulaga , who filmed the video , told USA TODAY Aug. 7. "We have deer all over Big Pine Key, but it is a rare occurrence to actually see them swim."

Kulaga said she and her family were going down a canal in their community in Big Pine Key around 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 2 when they turned and saw the group "sitting on the edge foraging." Then as one of them turned and looked at the water, Kulaga said she told her husband to slow down their boat as she thought the deer would jump.

"Sure enough she jumped right in and the whole family followed her,"

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