Gallery - Orang-utans can swim – we've got pictures to prove it - Image 1 - New Scientist
head kept above water, distance 1 meter, surface swimming, hands and feet paddling/splashing.
Likely the throat laryngeal air sacs were inflated while breathing through the nose, allowing the head to stay higher than the water surface, and preventing facial submersion.
head kept above water, distance 1 meter, surface swimming, hands and feet paddling/splashing.
Likely the throat laryngeal air sacs were inflated while breathing through the nose, allowing the head to stay higher than the water surface, and preventing facial submersion.
