In a message dated 3/10/02 4:00:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
> ***I seem to remember that people who swim a lot maintain
> a layer of body fat all over that insulates against the cold of
> the water.   I seem to remember reading that island people in
> the tropical Pacific also have a layer of body fat to insulate
> them..........do we have any other swimmers here who have
> experience with this?

I think it is that cold water species maintain that layer of fatty
insulation. I  have never heard that this happens to people that are
swimmers.