If all mammals can swim how come my flying squirrel drowned in the toilet?

I came home to find Oliver face down in the toilet. Which I guess leads to another question.If all mammals can swim how come my flying squirrel drowned in the toilet?
cool you had a flying squirrel!If all mammals can swim how come my flying squirrel drowned in the toilet?
Olive is in a good place now. The little flyer has wide open spaces and lots of good things to eat and friends to enjoy.
HE WAS DRUNK!
it flys not swims! some mammals are dumb and cant
cockatiels cant swim either....booo hooo
Yeah, when i was younger and came home from a trip my little brother decided he was ready to use the big boy toilet, but when he openned the lid there was a gialnt rat that had drowned in there. I think all mammals can swim, but rodents have problems getting out of the bowl!
Are you sure ALL mammals can swim?





Even just looking at humans - not all of us are able to swim.
why on the earth are you trying to test out if your';flying squirrel'; can float? that is ridiculously stupid!
Maybe it died from hypothermia or swam for as long as it could and drowned because it was fatigued.
Not all mammals swim. Hippos for example, do not swim.
You should go bobbing for squirrel. Put your head down there and flush.
i had a small pet die the same way, what happened it only could swim for so long,there was nothing for it to hang on to,it had no traction,nothing to spring from, im sorry for your loss it sucks to lose a pet
Most mammals have the ability to swim. Whether or not they can is up to the individual. Just as one of the previous posters have said... some humans can't swim. Even if they do have the ability.
First, not all mammals can swim. There is one kind of mammal, I believe it's a goat, which can't swim. However, flying squirrels can swim.





If your flying squirrel died in the toilet, then I suspect it was not due to an inability to swim. Rather, it probably swam for some time, but due to the smooth edge of the bowl could not get a hold to pull itself out, and eventually either got tired or too cold and drowned. And trust me, the same thing would happen to any land mammal if it was put in a big enough toilet bowl.
Aww, poor squirrel. :(
thats just mean
not all mammels can swim ! also Oliver could have been stuck or caught on something. and a toilet is not exactly a big area to go swiming in!
Humans are mammals. Plenty of them drown every year.
I know a few mammals that can't swim!





Not all dogs can swim naturally....they have to be taught.
He probably couldn't get out of the bowl because of the curve and how wet it was and just exhausted himself and drowned. Poor thing...
Not all mammals can swim. Swimming comes naturally to only some- others must learn (like humans). Also keep in mind that it is almost impossible for a small animal to climb out of a toilet because the porcelain is slippery and the sides are at a steep angle.
Yours is not a dumb question. I read a book


once where scientist would put a dog in a round


pool with slick sides so he could not come out.


They recorded the amount of time that it took


the poor dog to drown. Then they would take


him out, revive him, and then do it again to


the same dog. {cruel} Your squirrel most likely


could not get out because of the slick sides.


SORRY!
because they cant really fly they just jump really farand high and not to minchin they cant swim
Not all animals can swim. And even the strongest swimmer will tire and drown if they can't get out of the water; this happens regularly to animals who fall into swimming pools or... other... bodies of water.
Being able to swim is not a trait of all mammals.





The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from mammary glands present on most species and specialized skin glands in monotremes that seep or ooze milk; the presence of hair or fur; specialized teeth; three minute bones within the ear; the presence of a neocortex region in the brain; and endothermic or ';warm-blooded'; bodies. The brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart
...Maybe you should start using comet.
all mammals cant swim i know humans who cant even swim
Do you realize that Oliver could not crawl out of the toilet bowl even if it could swim? I think you should have made the house safer for Oliver by keeping your toilet lid closed always after use. Poor Oliver.
Why was your squirrel in the toilet to begin with? You should keep him in a cage while your not there, if you were worried about getting him hurt, you'd of had him put up, and he wouldn't of died.. so, really, it's mostly your fault.