It just seems weird that your body wouldn't be like, oh yeah, let's get the legs in on this too, and maybe that'll actually help keep us above water. I wonder also if it be, if it's because as you're a you're getting a lower concentration of oxigen and your um becoming a little more sluggish. Kicking your legs is actually harder than flapping your arms, so you just can't, like, your muscles won't do it. And when they say you're not using your legs, that you're completely vertical in water, i don't know. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me either.
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