A very interesting way to travel is swimming. Some argue that all animals have the ability to stay on the water. Others believe that swimming is not available to many. This question has not yet been resolved by scientists. Which animals do not know how to swim, and which are excellent swimmers, we will understand this publication.
Do all inhabitants of the water depths know how to swim?
It is believed that if the animal lives in water, then nature itself gives him the ability to swim. However, this is not quite true. For example, in the depths of the oceans there is a batfish. She, apparently practically no different from other fish, moves along the bottom, using pectoral fins as legs. Therefore, when asked which animals cannot swim, it is safe to answer that this is a bat.
But if someone begins to argue that crayfish and lobsters do not know how to swim, then it will be wrong. In rare cases, these arthropods can swim using their tail. Although crustaceans still prefer to crawl.
Are cat, rabbit and hare good swimmers?
When asked which animals cannot swim, some say that cats, rabbits and hares. Only such an opinion is deeply mistaken. Cats, for example, can swim, and pretty well. True, not all representatives of this genus love to be in the water. But cat breeds are known for which swimming and swimming are a real pleasure. These are the Turkish van. They say that Siamese cats will not refuse to swim.
Rabbits can hold for some time and even move on water. But their skills are missing only for a short while. So you can’t call them excellent swimmers.
But can rabbits swim if they look so much like rabbits? Eyewitnesses say that yes, they not only know how, but also use their abilities with pleasure. One of the members of the expedition to the Northern Archipelago describes how two curious white hares swam across a rather cold strait, the width of which exceeded three hundred meters. Having examined the island, they decided to return to their mainland, which they did right there.
Many people are baffled by the story of Grandfather Mazay and hares. Like, if they are such wonderful swimmers, why did you have to save long-eared forest jumpers during the flood? In fact, if the hares did not know how to swim at all, they would not get to the logs and slivers floating on the water. But you need to understand that the spring water in the ice drift is very cold, the animals freeze in it and drown from hypothermia. Therefore, they try to escape on logs, hemp and branches.
What are land bird swimmers?
Here it is rather difficult to answer. Almost all birds love to wallow in a puddle. But no one tried to try to make them swim. There are certain types of land birds that can and love to swim, for example, the dipper of the passerine genus. But most birds do not know how to swim.
But everyone knows the well-known domestic chicken, which, according to popular belief, is afraid of water, adheres well to its surface and even moves, although not as fast as geese or ducks.
Those who know how to swim animals - Viva!
As practice proves, almost all animals, once in a certain situation, are trying to survive. And almost everyone knows how to swim. Even such a large land mammal as an elephant does not lag behind them.
It is naive to ask if pigs can swim. Just consider the proposed photos.
Swimming camels? Nonsense!
Probably still more able to swim than not able to. Although the question of which animals do not know how to swim, today many argue that these are camels and giraffes.
Some even give out a fictitious theory that the humps of these animals are filled with water, which will certainly pull them down. Therefore, a camel, having rolled over on its back, can not only swim, but also stay on the water.
But these are all inventions of ignorant people. Camels swim beautifully, although in natural conditions in their historic homeland they are practically unable to see the river. Eyewitnesses claim that even small camels swim beautifully. And at all these graceful “desert ships” do not turn over on their backs. And why would they do that? Indeed, in the humps they have not water, but fat, and he, as you know, is lighter than water.
