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Water Snek (mander.xyz)
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[–] 56 points 1 year ago (8 children)

They probably did swim "straight" but it took them a really long time and this was the tidal flow during her swim, ergo they went straight but the water they were in moved back and forth.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Since there are more than two full periods, it took more than 12h?! Wow I'm usually dead after 12 min swimming

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Okay but why are the oscillations bigger on the English side than on the French?

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