The Jolie-Pitt Family's Close Encounter – with Dolphins

By Alison Schwartz and Peter Mikelbank

Update Tuesday June 28, 2011 03:00 PM EDT Originally posted Tuesday June 28, 2011 11:30 AM EDT

The Jolie-Pitt Family's Close Encounter – with Dolphins

Angelina Jolie and her kids

X17 Online

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took their crew to meet some very special fans Monday in Malta.

The ever-adventurous Jolie-Pitt brood – Maddox, 9, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, twins Knox and Vivienne, 2 – got up close and personal with bottlenose dolphins, sea lions, turtles and other ocean dwellers at Mediterraneo Bio Park, a marine-themed park on the island's northern coast.

Jolie, 36, switched into a wet suit, as the family enjoyed the summer weather.

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Since joining Pitt, 47, who's filming his latest movie, World War Z, on location in Malta, the Jolie-Pitt kids have had no shortage of family fun, including trips to the Splash and Fun Park water park and Junior's Fun and Learn Centre indoor playground.