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In Super Mario Bros., swimming Cheep Cheeps that appear in water levels and the flying Cheep Cheeps that appear in the bridge levels on land are internally completely different objects that merely use the same graphic. Since Mario cannot stomp enemies underwater, it is impossible for him to stomp the swimming kind during regular gameplay.

However, if a swimming Cheep Cheep is placed in a land stage and Mario stomps it, it actually turns into a Koopa Troopa, the same way a Koopa Paratroopa would when stomped. This is not actually merely an unintended consequence of the stomping but appears to be a remnant of the Cheep Cheep's development history.

In internal development files that surfaced in 2020, the Super Mario Bros. source code was included. In it, Cheep Cheeps were called "flying kame" ("kame" being Japanese for "turtle"), suggesting that their code was originally intended for a type of Koopa Paratroopa before being repurposed for an underwater enemy, the flying movement being recontextualized as swimming.

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2. Find the hottest, sunniest, and least windy part of you pasture and lay down

3. Make sure you look as much as possible like you have died of heatstroke

4. Get your friends in on it