Historically water buffalos have never been able to cross the narrow channel between Madagascar and the African mainland. An incredible strong testimony to their utter incompetence – and maybe something else.

And now we learn that 80% of the population of the Bahamas cannot swim and this is as ridiculous as it gets as all live within a short distance of warm waters.

““A lot of Bahamians are afraid of the water. People lost lives in the early history of the Bahamas when they used the water as transport, and the weather was bad and boats would capsize,” says Eleanor Phillips, head of The Nature Conservancy in Nassau.”

“Fear of the surrounding sea is “paralyzing,” says Hughes. When children master the water, it changes them, she says.”

I am not claiming to be an expert buffalo-shrink here but it seems we are dealing with another mental/spiritual shortcoming that keeps them from learning swimming just like constructing buildings or using wheels and metals. And this is why joos love them soooo much.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0826/In-an-island-nation-living-in-fear-of-the-water