i wanna know that how a horse n a snake swim in the water?

Question

i wanna scientifical reason for that thanx if u tell me...

Answer 1

Basically it's a question of buoyancy, if you want a scientific reason. If the animal has a lower density than the water it wll float, and if not, it will sink. Horses and snakes are both in the former category.

Horses use their legs (and of course their hooves) for swimming, and it's surprising how much drive they can get through the water. But they have very powerful legs and an excellent aerobic work capacity.

Most snakes are excellent swimmers. The principle of how they move forward through the water is that they flex the whole body in a regular wave motion, very much like they do on land. In this way they generate forward thrust.

The fundamental principle of moving anything through water under its own power, be it a horse, snake or ship, is that it will only move forward at a rate proportional to the amount of water it pushes 'backward'. This means that if an animal or machine can thrust X kilos of water per second in a certain direction, it will move in the opposite direction, its rate of motion depending on how much mass it has in relation to the mass of the water it moves. Naturally, friction is a factor, so the more streamlined the animalor mchine is the more efficiently if moves through the water. Horses have a fair amount of frontal profile they have to push through the water so they can never swim very fast. A snake, on the other hand, is so streamlined that it relatively speaking uses far less energy to swim at the same speed.

In other words, it's the principle of action and reaction.

I hope this helps.

Lenky.

Answer 2

A horse uses a motion that is called a dog paddle to swim with.
a snake uses a undulating motion like eels and fih do to move through water.

Answer 3

SURVIVAL, instinct to move from side to side, or to move limbs, both creatures have lungs which aide flotation, ergo they swim.
regards LF

Answer 4

like this.... *does swimming motion*