Mammels

[bluedog]

I think I know the answers to these two but would like a second opinion.

1 Only animal that can't swim ( 5 ) Camel?
2 Always first in the ark (8 ) Aardvark?

[Clanad]

It's not going to help you much, but there are several mammals that can't swim... armadillo, sloths, bats, giraffes... as far as camels, "If obliged, he (the camel) is a good, strong swimmer, but will not enter the water unless compelled. When out of his depth, only the head is above water, and if not interfered with he can swim a considerable distance, and has been seen to cross the Nile at Wady Halfa, where the stream is very broad, and the current powerful."
Contd.

[Clanad]

Contd. (Wish they'd get the site fixed to accept longer posts)

(According to Dr. T.K. Gahlot, a veterinarian in India and editor of the Journal of Camel Practice and Research (JCPR).
Additionally, Tom Silva curator of the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuqurque, NM says most large primates such as gorillas and orangutans cannot swim because their centers of gravity are in their necks and sternums. "They sink like stones," says Tom. He says he has seen chimpanzees swim, though...