![Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News](https://www.earthtouchnews.com/media/1946186/bat_swimming_2016-07-28.jpg)
Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News
![Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE0qq2mU4AAlbYY.jpg)
Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just
![To grab a quick drink bats skim the surface of pools of water. They cannot land, so they dip down, skim the surface with their mouths open, then fly out all in To grab a quick drink bats skim the surface of pools of water. They cannot land, so they dip down, skim the surface with their mouths open, then fly out all in](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/16/article-1213851-0674C1BF000005DC-384_634x827.jpg)