Can Giraffes Swim?
A few years ago a colleague and I did an exhaustive analysis and concluded that they might—but not very well:
In conclusion, it seems that giraffes can float: there’s no reason to assume that they might ‘sink like stones’, nor was there any indication from the model that it was particularly unstable and prone to capsizing. But the model’s posture in the water is low and hardly ideal, and looks downright uncomfortable.