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Animal Locomotion
Animal Locomotion
Learn about the different ways animals move through their environments.
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Animals
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Categories
Featured Animal Locomotion
Learn about the different ways animals move through their environments.
Walking
Moving on foot at a moderate pace using alternating limbs
Swimming
Moving through water using fins, flippers, or body undulation
Running
Fast terrestrial movement with periods of no ground contact
Climbing
Ascending vertical surfaces using claws, pads, or limbs
Featured Animal Locomotion Animals
Walrus
Tusks, whiskers, and sea-ice life
Chinchilla
Andean acrobats in a coat of clouds
Puffin
Wing-powered divers of the cold seas
Barn Owl
Heart-faced hunter of the night
Weasel
Small body, fearless hunter
Boomslang
Big eyes. Tree life. Serious venom.
Moray Eel
Crevice kings with a second bite
Bearded dragon
Big beard, bright sun, bold attitude.
Sumatran Orangutan
The forest's red-haired engineer
All Categories
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Brachiating
Swinging through trees using arms, as in gibbons
+12
Burrowing
Digging through soil or substrate to create tunnels
+777
Climbing
Ascending vertical surfaces using claws, pads, or limbs
+1,261
Crawling
Slow movement close to the ground using legs or body
+621
Flying
Powered aerial movement using wings
+608
Gliding
Unpowered aerial descent using membranes or flattened body
+69
Hopping
Jumping locomotion using powerful hind legs
+409
Running
Fast terrestrial movement with periods of no ground contact
+1,416
Slithering
Legless movement using body undulation, as in snakes
+285
Swimming
Moving through water using fins, flippers, or body undulation
+1,960
Walking
Moving on foot at a moderate pace using alternating limbs
+2,024