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Others may not be afraid of what is inside but may be afraid of the emptiness of the ocean. Discussing the ocean could trigger many people's thalassophobia without having to see an image or be around the large bodies of water. [17] Everyone's triggers to this phobia are different depending on how intense thalassophobia is to the individual.
Many adults have failed swimming lessons to the point of discouragement and even resignation that they cannot learn to swim. They often refuse to try again. Most people who can’t swim are ...
Water forms the ocean, produces the high density fluid environment and greatly affects the oceanic organisms. Sea water produces buoyancy and provides support for plants and animals. That's the reason why in the ocean organisms can be that huge like the blue whale and macrophytes. And the densities or rigidities of the oceanic organisms are ...
To an untrained observer, it may not be obvious that a drowning person is in distress. The victim may appear to be swimming safely, but the victim is actually within 20–60 seconds of sinking under the surface and thus dying. [3] They extend their arms laterally and press down on the water's surface in order to lift their mouth out of the water.
The new species was found in the Pacific Ocean between depths of about 1,400 feet to about 5,100 feet near Tohoku, researchers said. Tohoku is on the northwestern coast of Honshu island, Japan’s ...
There are also aquatic spiders, although they tend to prefer other modes of locomotion under water than swimming proper. Examples are: Some breeds of dog swim recreationally. Umbra, a world record-holding dog, can swim 4 miles (6.4 km) in 73 minutes, placing her in the top 25% in human long-distance swimming competitions. [35]
Black People Will Swim, based in Queens, N.Y., teaches hundreds of New Yorkers of color, with limited pool access, how to swim each year.
Some swimming birds have been observed to utilize different propulsive mechanisms in different phases of a dive. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Drag based swimming is most often observed in swimming birds during the foraging (or bottom) phase of a dive because it provides greater maneuverability for pursuing prey while the more efficient lift based swimming ...