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I caught an armadillo once when I was like 10. I threw him in a pond to see if he could swim (yes total dick move). I hypothesized the armor would sink him and
by mythrwy 4y ago
I caught an armadillo once when I was like 10. I threw him in a pond to see if he could swim (yes total dick move). I hypothesized the armor would sink him and was prepared to rescue him.
He swam to the other side fine (but not very gracefully) and ran away. Knowing nothing with certainty, I would venture all mammals can "swim" to some degree and with with varying levels of effectiveness if it's life or death.
- animal531 4y agoI googled a bit and there are some mammals that can't swim. Easy ones that can't swim are giraffes and hippos due to their body shapes. Rhinos are a maybe, we're not sure. Some believe camels, but there's a link showing some camels that swim more than 3km to reach grazing areas. There are also videos of various apes swimming, and its believed that they (like humans) can all learn to, even though its not natural. Finally there are various dog breeds that can't swim due to their anatomy or fur.
- ETH_start 4y agoHippos can't swim? They spend most of their time in water, and are excellent swimmers.
- nmarinov 4y agoI guess the idea is that they kind of walk on the bottom: Hippos Can’t Swim? | Natural World | BBC Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu4T9kawhAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu4T9kawhAM And from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Characteristics_and_adaptations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Characteristics_a... "Despite being semiaquatic and having webbed feet, an adult hippo is not a particularly good swimmer, nor can it float. It rarely enters deep water; when does, the animal moves by bouncing off the bottom."
- ETH_start 4y agoThanks for the insight
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