They aren't going to win any medals for grace, but giraffes, awkward as they are, can probably swim, a new computer simulation shows.rnMost mammals swim: Elephants are great swimmers, and even a bat can thrash its way to shore if it happens to fall in a river. But scientists don't see giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) going for afternoon dips and assumed that their huge, ungainly necks made swimming impossible.
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