Can great apes and monkeys swim?

[TheNinja]

Someone was saying that other than humans, that the great apes can't swim b/c of muscle density.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
Someone was saying that other than humans, that the great apes can't swim b/c of muscle density.

There are some swimming chimps IIRC discovered recently.

 

[Mucho]

I've seen videos of monkeys swimming, don't know about apes.

 

[moshquerade]

you don't hear of them drowning so i'd say they can swim.

 

[Queasy]

What about Grape Apes?

 

[PingSpike]

All other apes dislike water. That doesn't mean they can't swim...its just that they don't go jumping in the water for the hell of it like we do.

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you don't hear of them drowning so i'd say they can swim.

They don't swim because they are constantly eaten by sharks and alligators.

 

[her209]

Even a cow can swim.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: her209
Even a cow can swim.

Yes but cows and pigs have a lot of fat which helps keep them floating. A great ape has very little fan and much muscle which sinks. Something to think about.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: her209
Even a cow can swim.

Yes but cows and pigs have a lot of fat which helps keep them floating. A great ape has very little fan and much muscle which sinks. Something to think about.

So Nicole Richie can't swim?

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: her209
Even a cow can swim.

Yes but cows and pigs have a lot of fat which helps keep them floating. A great ape has very little fan and much muscle which sinks. Something to think about.

So Nicole Richie can't swim?

heh...well she doesn't have any muscle to sink he down either.

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: TheNinja

Originally posted by: her209
Even a cow can swim.

Yes but cows and pigs have a lot of fat which helps keep them floating. A great ape has very little fan and much muscle which sinks. Something to think about.

So Nicole Richie can't swim?

heh...well she doesn't have any muscle to sink he down either.

she looks like a bird too so maybe her bones are hollow like a birds too. 😕

do you think her mother threw up in her mouth when she was a baby to feed her? that may explain the thinness......she remembers her mother vometing and she wants to be like her so after each meal she does it too.... 😕

 

[siameseplease]

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[TheoPetro]

im a thread killer 🙁

 

[conehead433]

Mokeys In The Water

Found this pic of some monkeys enjoying a spa in Japan. I remember seeing a program about some monkeys in Japan that actually lived on the coast but couldn't find any information about them.