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Nevilledog

(51,286 posts) Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:22 PM Sep 2022

Bats can swim and are surprisingly good at it.

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Bats can swim and are surprisingly good at it. (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP

Who knew? Ocelot II Sep 2022 #1

Thats no dog paddle , wow. Historic NY Sep 2022 #2

That's good, but... EYESORE 9001 Sep 2022 #3

How interesting. 3catwoman3 Sep 2022 #4

It is as if they were a mammal! GreenWave Sep 2022 #5

Humans are mammals and tons of them can't swim. Nevilledog Sep 2022 #6

Right you are! GreenWave Sep 2022 #12

Did he mean to do that? Bayard Sep 2022 #7

Maybe not... Nittersing Sep 2022 #8

we had 29 bats in our building demtenjeep Sep 2022 #9

du-dun... du-dun... du-dun... William Seger Sep 2022 #10

Well, swimming and flying share similar movements... Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #11

Ocelot II

(115,985 posts)

1. Who knew?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:23 PM

Sep 2022

Is that the batpaddle?

Historic NY

(37,461 posts)

2. Thats no dog paddle , wow.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:25 PM

Sep 2022

EYESORE 9001

(26,028 posts)

3. That's good, but...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:29 PM

Sep 2022

can he do the bat-stroke?

3catwoman3

(24,126 posts)

4. How interesting.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:32 PM

Sep 2022

I had no idea.

GreenWave

(6,825 posts)

5. It is as if they were a mammal!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 03:39 PM

Sep 2022

Nevilledog

(51,286 posts)

6. Humans are mammals and tons of them can't swim.

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 03:42 PM

Sep 2022

Just saying.....

GreenWave

(6,825 posts)

12. Right you are!

Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 08:26 PM

Sep 2022

Alexa just kicked my buns and told me Hippos cannot swim! WTH???

I suppose some bats that could swim are ones that can escape when lower caverns flood, just guessing.

Bayard

(22,233 posts)

7. Did he mean to do that?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 03:46 PM

Sep 2022

Or, he didn't stick his landing?

Nittersing

(6,393 posts)

8. Maybe not...

Reply to Bayard (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 11, 2022, 05:23 PM

Sep 2022

I just read that they need a way out of the water, like a shore line... they cannot take off from water, so if they landed in a swimming pool, they couldn't get out.