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Pictured: The orangutans who overcame their fear of water (and
crocodiles) to swim in search of food
By David Derbyshire
Last updated at 10:09 AM on 09th June 2009

According to the laws of nature, apes and water don't mix.
But no one seems to have told these orangutans.
Splashing gleefully in a muddy river, they have obviously overcome
their natural fear of getting wet. And their deeply-held suspicion
that crocodiles are lurking somewhere in the water.

Instead, they dived in at the deep end, paddled back and forth from
the shore and swung into the water from overhanging branches. ...
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Mother Nature's humdingers: The awesome animals that turn the laws of
science upside down
By Colin Tudge ... (cont)