Who knew- 41 Strange did. An that’s why they are amazing 
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Under what circumstances would it choose to swim instead of fly, though?
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When it's in the water
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I'm sorry, it was just too easy a response
But apparently they do it out of necessity rather than choice, if they've miscalculated a landing or are retrieving dropped food:https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/newsflash-bats-can-swim-and-theyre-surprisingly-good-at-it/ …
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If someone is a biologist: is this just the standard flight movement that sort of works in water too, or is it a fundamentally different type of locomotion?
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No, it is swimming because it can't get out of the water...they can't fly out of water
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Yeah got that - I was wondering about whether it's just "flying" in the water or if it has a separate locomotion behaviour adapted to each medium
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its a different locomotion pattern, it got half the wing folded/relaxed n its using the thumb area to provoke a horizontal movement on the folded wing part, while flying is stretching the arm n pulling it down in a vertical movement
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Cool, thank you! Yeah I can see that the wing is more folded back but thought maybe that was just water friction pushing it rather than a deliberate movement. But yeah now that you're pointing things out - totally different
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The Bat Stroke.
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Aw jeez. All right. Bats can swim. Well, at least piranhas can’t fly! Right? They can’t. We KNOW that. That, that’s definitely not possible.
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Okay I might be the minority here, as most people find Bats to be beyond creepy. But this is the most awesome video I've seen today! I love it.
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*Narrator voice* And it was precisely in that moment that he lost control of his bowels at the exact same time as he shrieked in fear. Years later a therapist would ask him, why? Why did he divorce his wife and lose everything? He would answer simply, “yes, bats can swim.”
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Must be having a bath
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