Nowadays, very few children actually learn to swim. Instead, they learn to play in the water.

We use the coastline as much as the sea otters. And we take fish from the water, we swim in the water, surf in the water. And what's happening to the sea otter could very well be happening to a much larger picture than just the animals themselves.

I didn't learn to swim until I was 21 or something because I grew up in the mountains in Wyoming and all the water is glacier runoff and cold.

All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is difficult to find a place to bathe.

I surf, swim, play water polo, and I paddle an outrigger canoe with my team. I'm also a klutz on land, so water is my thing.

I swim laps, which is nice because I'm weightless in the water.