[["Common crickets cannot swim, & will drown in even shallow water. However, a flesh-eating cricket has been discovered in South America, which can swim even underwater for a while. These are different from the armored crickets of Africa, which can easily climb trees & eat baby birds, but cannot swim.", 36.0], ["They prefer staying out of the water but if they fall in, yes they can.", 9.0]]
do crickets swim
animals,grasshoppers,cricket