When the sun gleams with all its glory on a blissful summer day, you’ve often must have wanted to be at the beach, creaming your sunscreens and getting that perfect tanned body or just enjoying the resplendent sea water. Just like humans, animals too find their escape from the might of the sun in this glittering necessity of life! They love to flutter around in ponds or dive into the sea or maybe just swim in the lakes and enjoy it to the fullest. Even the cats- famous for hating water won’t mind having a plunge or two in it during the summer and enjoy playing around it. Living in the concrete jungle, you don’t get a chance to peek into the wild and see some beautiful moments of the wildlife enjoying the Mother Nature’s gifts but don’t you feel disheartened as we’ve got you these Inflatable Pictures of Animals Floating on Water.
Inflatable Pictures Of Animals Floating On Water
Sea Otters Hold Hands? Why?
At the instance of their sight you’ll fall in love with these cute mammals at the ocean, but do you know why? The answer is because sea otters hold hands while sleeping. Sea otters spend much of their lives in the water so much so that they even sleep floating on the water. We bet you’ll love this picture of sea otters holding hands.
Fun Fact: Apart from holding hands, sea otters use kelp as an anchor so that they don’t have to worry about floating to the sea while asleep.
Jesus Christ Lizard! That Can Walk On Water?
Yes! That’s its name, not just my exclamation. The basilisk lizard, also known as the Jesus Christ lizard has infamously known for walking on water. It escapes its predators by dropping from its treetop home and running across the surface of the river below. The skin of the long toes of these lizards is connected by a thin layer of skin which create air pockets as it rapidly abruptly hit the water surface, which helps them run on water and stay afloat as long as they maintain their speed.
Fun Fact: They can reach an impressive speed of over five feet per second for about a length of 15 feet.
Not all Cats Fear Water
A cat that is put to deal with water from the initial years of her life would never hate water. They only tend to give that reaction because when the fur is wet, they are unable to regulate their body temperature. But it’s not a regular sight to see a cat enjoying the water, so here take a look at it Also, there are endless scopes of entertainment, just like these Funny Pictures of Cats being Naughty when you have a delightful cat as a companion.
Fun Fact: While outdoor cats may need a bath from time to time when they get dirty, most house cats won’t need baths often, if at all.
200 million Year Old Species- Turtles
Yes! They have survived for over 200 million years; we guess “slow and steady” did really get them to win the race (of survival). Turtles symbolize patience and wisdom and have longer lives thus they have the Hawaiian name “honu” that means sea turtles. These baby turtles that have just hatched from their eggs and are ready to enter the aquatic world are adorable. A lot of thesis and observations have been done on this species, and every time something different comes up just as these Animals And Their Weird Eating Functionality.
Fun Fact: There are 327 known species of turtle alive today! Many of them are an endangered species.
The Mammal That Cannot Jump?
The elephants that are worldwide known to have a shape memory are the only mammals that cannot jump! This is due the their enormous size and shape ,as for the fact that they are about 30 meters tall and weigh up to 14000 pounds!
Fun Fact: Elephants have an extremely slow pulse rate, around 27 beats per minute. Compare that to the average human (80 bpm), or Canary (1000 bpm).
Poisonous Alert! Watch Out For Those Snakes!
If you too are afraid to swim in river and streams and can’t find a better reason to tell people then this is the one that can be put to use; all snakes can swim! Therefore it won’t be wrong to state that all snakes are “water snakes” even though all snakes like to hang around near water bodies, not all of them are water snakes. Most of these are not even poisonous but you make never know which snake is poisonous and which one is not unless you have a specific knowledge and keen eyesight.
Fun Fact: Just 3 drops of venom can kill about 8 people!
Toothless Swimmers That Swallow Stones!
Maybe knowing that penguins don’t have teeth wouldn’t amaze you, but did you know these animals swallow stones? They do this in order to dive deep into the ocean and it is believed that stones help them to grind up their food since they are toothless. Have a look at this beautiful Inflatable Pictures of Animals Floating on Water.
Fun Fact: They have spines on the roof of their beak to help them get a good grip. Penguins even have spines on their tongues.
Clowns of The Ocean
Seals are Fin-Footed, Semiaquatic Marine Mammals. They all have streamlined bodies for moving through the water and four flippers. Their bodies are covered in soft fur, and under their skin, all seals have a layer of blubber which helps insulate them from cold temperatures. The seals that are kept in captivity and trained are often eager to see people that have come for their shows.
Fun Fact: The deepest recorded dive of a seal is 2,388 meters (7,835 feet) by a southern elephant seal!
Baloo loves water
We have seen Mowgli and Baloo floating and enjoying in river stream in “The Jungle Book” and yes! Bears really do enjoy splashing and fluttering around in water. This extraordinarily intelligent specie have far more better navigation skill, mind to body ratio and physical strength than the human and also have the ability to use tools to play and hunt. If you are sulking around sitting all alone in your apartment, then we are here to entertain you with the most hilarious dog haircuts of all time. They will surely make up for an interesting piece to read and is bound to make you laugh.
Fun Fact: The most accurate way to tell the age of a bear is to count the rings in a cross section of a tooth root using a microscope.
The Feline That Loves Water!
Tiger – The biggest amongst the feline family is in love with the tenderness of water! Tigers have been spotted many a time floating and swimming in streams and lakes, and unlike domestic cats, they love to swim to escape the wrath of the sun.
Fun Fact: Tigers have stripes to camouflage themselves while hunting.
Dancers Of The Oceans!
Dolphins are man’s best friend at the ocean, but did you know this aquatic mammal can walk on water other than performing stunts? Well a dolphin can do so only if it’s trained in captivity or exposed to an already trained dolphin.
Fun Fact: While Dolphins are equipped with the ability to tail walk, they almost never do it in the wild unless they have been exposed to a once-captive dolphin that was previously trained in the behavior by humans. Yeah! So they teach each other.
These beautiful creations of god don’t have second thoughts before diving into those waters. Seeing them in real is delightful to the eyes but Alas! You cannot go around spotting them in your day-to-day life. Nevertheless given a chance you should have an eye upon these animals but until then, just enjoy these Inflatable Pictures of Animals Floating on Water and swimming in the water.