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| Topic | I can't wrap my head around people who can't swim. |
| Michael_Booth 04/25/24 11:23:59 AM #22: | specialkid8 posted... Apparently it's not a natural instinct. Humans are not designed for swimming and have never had a major interest in it until very recently. The majority of the world can't actually swim. It's just so ubiquitous in the first world that we don't think about a lot of people not having access to places where they could even learn. Okay, a question: How long is "very recently"? Because the The Bajau people, often referred to as Sea Nomads, have lived an entirely marine-dependent existence, traveling the Southeast Asian seas on houseboats for over 1,000 years. Also, the Bajau have genetic differences leading to diving-related phenotypes, specifically an enlarged spleen caused by a mutation on the PDE10A gene. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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