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The clip is credited to thethomasomg, whose short spoken audio turned a plainly false animal claim into a shareable meme. The line spread through short video edits and soundboard uploads, where creators paired it with footage of ducks, penguins, and other birds in water to underline the joke. Its appeal comes from the contrast between the confident delivery and the obviously wrong idea, which makes it easy to reuse without context. As a brief reaction sound, it continues to appear in animal edits and absurdist compilations online.
About this sound
A short meme clip from thethomasomg saying they do not fly, they swim, used as a deadpan punchline for absurd animal edits and reaction videos online.
This short spoken meme clip delivers the absurd line that birds do not fly, they swim, in a flat, matter-of-fact tone that makes the nonsense land even harder. The voice is calm and unhurried, with no music or sound effects behind it, so the strange claim sits alone and feels like a confident piece of wrong trivia. That deadpan delivery is what gives the clip its humour, turning a simple animal fact upside down and inviting a double take. It works best as a quick punchline, leaving viewers amused, slightly confused, and ready to share the joke with someone else.
