Non aquatic swimming animals

[LARTIS]

Wanted to start a list of all non aquatic animals that more or less deliberately go for a swim.

Like I have seen once a documentary about wother golden or sichuan takins in their natural habitat and and they went swimming in a small lake.

I have also seen a mishmi takin taking a bath in santa eugenia zoo on the island of mallorca, and a video of a sichuan takin from an us americam zoo on youtube.

Tho the later to just laid on the water the firsrt showed how they realy went into a part that was deeper than their leg height.

What are some other species not normaly known to enjoy a splash.

 

[Jurek7]

Takins in Wroclaw like wading deep in their water moat, too. I don't know if it is recognized as a takin husbandry requirement? It is possibly these highland animals overheat easily in zoos.

Giant anteaters are well known to like water, and modern guidelines actually recognized it promotes their welfare and breeding.

Giant tortoises also like going in deeper water, not just shallow pool.

Spotted hyenas too, like to bathe and swim, quite unlike most carnivores.

 

[birdsandbats]

American Elk (Wapiti) love wading in pools.

 

[Sphenisciologist]

Tigers and jaguars are probably the two big cats that love to swim the most. However they won’t go fully submerged.

 

[Corangurilla]

Can’t forget Indian Rhinos & Andean Bears (or at least the ones at Phoenix).

 

[ZooElephantMan]

Sloths and bats are both surprisingly good swimmers

Video of a bat swimming:

Video of a sloth swimming:

 

[felis silvestris]

Obviously elephants are one

 

[OkapiFan]

Camels oddly enough.

 

[Sheather]

Jaguars will dive, some tigers will also.

 

[felis silvestris]

Jaguars will dive, some tigers will also.

They’ve already been said.

 

[evilmonkey239]

Polar bears are (obviously) the most aquatic bears. However, as far as I can tell, pretty much all Ursids enjoy splashing and playing in water.

 

[felis silvestris]

Polar bears are (obviously) the most aquatic bears. However, as far as I can tell, pretty much all Ursids enjoy splashing and playing in water.

But polar bears are classed as aquatic animals

 

[Sheather]

They’ve already been said.

No it was said that these animals don't dive, which is incorrect.

 

[Jambo]

Sloths

Sloths are great swimmers and can swim great distances to find mates.

Here's a really cool video:

 

[evilmonkey239]

But polar bears are classed as aquatic animals

I know. That’s why I emphasized that the other 7 bear species, though not aquatic, also enjoy water.