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Old 10-20-2015, 01:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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It's basically a difference in viscosity: Planes & birds "fly/swim" through air (light & compressible) and submarines & fish "swim/fly" through water (dense & incompressible).
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