How do you know how to swim?

Question

like i heard that when you a baby you atomaticly can swim the you forget why do you forget

Answer 1

I don't think that a baby can automatically swim, but babies take to it very well.  It's like a lot of things, the older you become the tougher it is to learn new things.

Answer 2

you're so young you don't retain the information.  then when you are born you get used to land and start to only remember that. That would be my best thought.

Answer 3

You can't swim when you're a baby. You can simply automatically know when to hold your breath, and when to let it go. I don't know why you forget it, but you do for a couple of years I think, until somebody teaches you again or until you grow up enough to understand by yourself that you can't breathe underwater.

Oh, and I guess, babies know how to float on water... But they've been in water for 9 months, so they can't be too uncomfortable with it. I don't know why they forget. But once you "formally" learn how to swim it becomes a knack and you can't forget it.

Answer 4

swimming class. duh ?