WC Fields had this figured out a long time ago.
As I recall, his reason for avoiding water was that "Fish f**k in it."
True enough then. But these days it's even worse. WC was referring to normal male/female fish relations. But today we have to worry about the byproducts of fish relations that include LGBTQF (you know what the F stands for).
Poor WC would have a coronary today faced with this mess.