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Swimming is the ability to move through water's surface while partially or totally submerged in it. In a lax sense the ability to maintain oneself afloat may be included in the definition. Swimmer redirects here. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x1056, 745 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Swimming ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x1056, 745 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Swimming ...

Swimming is an activity that is both useful and recreational for many species. Its primary uses are bathing, cooling, travel, fishing and escape. An individual's ability to swim can be judged by speed or stamina. For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... Children bathing in a small metal bathtub Bathing is the immersion of the body in fluid, usually water, or an aqueous solution. ... Heat flow along perfectly insulated wire Conduction is the transfer of heat or electric current from one substance to another by direct contact. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Look up escape in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Endurance, or stamina, is the act of sustaining prolonged stressful effort. ...

Animals with lungs have an easier time floating than those without.^[1] Almost all mammals can swim by instinct. Bats, kangaroos, moles and sloths can swim, despite their rather strange shapes. The few exceptions include apes and possibly giraffes. Land birds can swim or float for at least some time. Ostriches, cassowaries and tortoises can swim. The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... For the flying mammal see bat. ... Its true that everything old is new again which is why youre once again seeing people wearing KangaROOS shoes. ... The word mole when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language: Mole (animal): a small burrowing mammal. ... Families Megalonychidae Bradypodidae Sloths are medium-sized South American mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, part of the order Xenarthra. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. ... Binomial name Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758 The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal and the tallest of all land living animal species. ... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Species Casuarius casuarius Casuarius unappendiculatus Casuarius bennetti Cassowaries (genus Casuarius) are very large flightless birds native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and Australia. ... For the band, see Tortoise (band). ...

Humans

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Apes

Gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and at least some gibbons are among the few mammals which lack the instinctive ability to swim, although they can wade upright in water. There are reports that siamang can swim. There are numerous reports of apes in zoos falling and drowning in water moats without any struggle. Humans, similarly, do not swim instinctively. In contrast, many monkeys can naturally swim and some, like the proboscis monkey and crab-eating macaque, swim regularly. Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of central Africa. ... Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzees, also called chimps, are the common name for two species in the genus Pan. ... For other uses, see Bonobo (disambiguation). ... For the chess opening, see Sokolsky Opening. ... Genera Hylobates Hoolock Nomascus Symphalangus Gibbons are the small apes that are grouped in the family Hylobatidae. ... Binomial name (Raffles, 1821) The Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) is an arboreal, black furred gibbon native to the forests of Malaysia, Thailand, and Sumatra. ... Families Hylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. ... For the TV show Monkey see Monkey (TV series) Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ... Binomial name Wurmb, 1787 The Proboscis Monkey, Nasalis larvatus also known as Long-nosed Monkey is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey. ... Binomial name Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 The Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is an arboreal macaque native to South-East Asia. ...

Beetles

Many Beetles are able to swim effectively in water. Some species of diving beetle spend most of their time in the water. For other uses, see Beetle (disambiguation). ... Genera at least 160, see text The predaceous diving beetles (also spelled predacious) are a family (Dytiscidae) of water beetles. ...

Camels

Although there is speculation to the contrary, a number of eyewitnesses have confirmed that camels, including Dromedaries and Bactrians, can indeed swim.^[1] There is not much deep water in their natural habitats, so swimming is very unnatural. For other uses, see Camel (disambiguation). ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 Bactrian Camel range The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. ...

Cats

Although most cats hate water, adult cats are good swimmers. The fishing cat is one wild species of cat that has evolved special adaptations for an aquatic or semi-aquatic lifestyle; namely webbed digits. Tigers and some individual jaguars are the only big cats known go into water readily, though other big cats, including lions, have been observed swimming. A few domestic cat breeds also like swimming, such as the Turkish Van. Cats may refer to: Felines, members of the animal family Felidae The domesticated animal, cat The musical, yeah right, I bet that this was really dumb. ... Binomial name Prionailurus viverrinus or Felis viverrina (Bennett, 1833) The Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus or Felis viverrina) is a medium-sized cat of Asia. ...

Horses

Horses are very powerful swimmers. Who ever deleted my page is a prat and i wil hunt them down on lucy and shout at them loudly! RAAAAARRR! connie sansom ...

Elk

Elk are very powerful swimmers as well, and can travel long distances in the water. ^[2] For other uses, see Elk (disambiguation). ...

Dogs

The method of swimming used by dogs is known as the dog paddle. Some breeds of dog swim recreationally. Umbra, a world record-holding dog, can swim 4 miles (6.4 km) in 73 minutes, placing her in the top 25% in human long-distance swimming competitions.^[3] This article is about the domestic dog. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... “km” redirects here. ...

Rabbits

Given proper motivation, both domestic and wild rabbits can swim. Domestic rabbits are sometimes trained to swim as a circus attraction. A wild rabbit is even known to have attacked a United States President via swimming on at least one occasion, when the animal was threatened in its natural habitat and swam angrily towards Jimmy Carter's boat in the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident.^[4] For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... The rabbit swimming away from the President Dubbed the killer rabbit attack by the media, the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident involved a swamp rabbit that caught press imagination after trying furiously to board then-U.S. President Jimmy Carters fishing boat on April 20, 1979. ...

Guinea pig

The Guinea pig (or cavy) is noted as having an excellent swimming ability, though domestically-kept cavies are rarely given the opportunity to.^[5] This article is about the species Cavia porcellus. ...

Elephants

Elephants cannot swim at all For other uses, see Elephant (disambiguation). ...

Snakes

Many species of snakes are aquatic and live their entire lives in the water, but all known terrestrial snakes are excellent swimmers as well.^{[citation needed]} The larger pythons and anacondas spend the large majority of their time in the water; their skeletons are not able to support their body weight well on dry land. Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Synonyms Pythonoidea - Fitzinger, 1826 Pythonoidei - Eichwald, 1831 Holodonta - Müller, 1832 Pythonina - Bonaparte, 1840 Pythophes - Fitzinger, 1843 Pythoniens - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Holodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Pythonides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Pythones - Cope, 1861 Pythonidae - Cope, 1864 Peropodes - Meyer, 1874... For other uses, see Anaconda (disambiguation). ...

Mice

Mice can swim quite well, despite not naturally having to. They do panic when placed in water, but many lab mice are used in the Morris water maze, a test to measure learning. When mice swim, they use their tails like flagella and kick with their legs. Mice may refer to: An abbreviation of Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions. ... In neuroscience, the Morris water maze is a behavioral procedure designed to test spatial memory. ... A flagellum (plural, flagella) is a whip-like organelle that many unicellular organisms, and some multicellular ones, use to move about. ...

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