Can chimpanzees swim?

Two biologists reporting in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology say that they have documented for the first time the swimming and diving behavior in apes. Cooper the chimp was raised by humans and had learned to swim (Renato Bender / Nicole Bender). read more

For many years, zoos have used water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans. When apes ventured into deep water, they often drowned. Some argued that this indicated a definitive difference between humans and apes: people enjoy the water and are able to learn to swim, while apes prefer to stay on dry land. read more

Some of them can but they are very bad at it, probably a bit worse than dogs even. In nature rivers often separate different Chimpanzee populations and they rarely cross them. Zoos sometimes separate the Chimpanzees from the Gorillas by just a moat and neither group crosses it. Unlike humans, Chimpanzees have very little body fat. read more

yes a chimpanzee can swim but it wouldn't swim in the wild No chimpanzees do not swim nor can they swim. read more