Animals that can walk on Water

Common Basilisk Due to its wide feet and toe skin flaps that allow it to grab on small air bubbles, the common basilisk is skilled at moving through water.

Water striders Water striders rely on the water's strong surface tension and their long, hydrophobic legs to keep them above the surface.

Gecko Geckos use a variety of water-walking techniques to move across the water's surface, including surface tension, surface slapping, and body and tail undulation.

Grebes They found that the birds keep above the water by possessing wide, flat feet that slap the water surface with enough energy to sustain up to 55% of the bird's weight and a rapid stride pace of up to 20 steps per second.

Fishing spiders Fishing spiders can traverse water because to a phenomenon known as surface tension. It is a science! The molecules of water are drawn to one another.

Common water strider Water striders use the high surface tension of water and long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above water.

Gerris lacustris They have a very long and lean body form. They have six legs, with the first pair being short and stubby and the remaining two being thin and long, utilised for moving across the surface of the water.

Lungfish The lungfish's ability to support its body on its slim limbs might be aided by their buoyant air-filled lungs

Mudskippers Mudskippers can walk, hop, and leap on land and even skip over the water because their pectoral fins have been adjusted to support the weight of their upper bodies.

Penguins The wing and breast muscles are well developed, to propel penguins through water - a medium much denser than air. Having solid, dense bones helps penguins overcome buoyancy.