THE SUNSHINE STATE — Perhaps you've wondered how to execute the perfect belly flop. It starts with your mindset. Yes, this flop is gonna hurt. Yes, it's gonna make a big splash. Yes, that's the whole point.
Next, focus on gaining elevation. The best belly floppers know how to launch themselves off the diving board for maximum height, enabling them to hurtle down toward the water at high speed.
As you reach your apex and then begin the descent, arch your back and extend your arms and legs. Your stomach should be parallel to the water's surface. By creating the most surface area possible, you're setting the stage for an award-winning flop.
While these instructions make sense, it's hard to follow them in the heat of the moment. Fearing the water's painful slap, we tend to curl up and protect our bellies. We shy away from the epic sound created by a textbook flop.
Monkeys, on the other hand, have no such concerns. Check out the fearless floppers in this video.
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Wow! That's some serious height. According to the video's description, these are macaques that live near Ocala, Florida. Although they're not native to the area, the adaptive monkeys have made themselves at home in the Sunshine State.
It seems that this troop of macaques occasionally moves from one side of the river to the other, and the preferred method for this migration is to leap from the trees. Seems a little dramatic, since the monkeys can easily swim that distance. But it makes for some cool videos.
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