when we are underwater, how does water not get inside our bodies through our eyes, ears, nose and every other orifice?

Question

when we are underwater, how does water not get inside our bodies through our eyes, ears, nose and every other orifice?

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Answer 1

It does. From Wikipedia, this is the ‘brain eating amoeba,’ “Infections most often occur when water containing N. fowleri is inhaled through the nose…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri