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on earthly surface / terrestrial locomotion
@Wikipedia: Terrestrial locomotion
- snakes (pictured: Bitis arietans ssp. arietans) use rectilinear locomotion.
- A beetle larva performing a rectilinear locomotion
- climbing red pandaMain category: climbing animals
- jumping KangarooMain category: jumping animals
- Dendrolagus matschiei jumping up
- Terrestrial locomotion of a horse (a photo set showing a galopping horse - Eadweard Muybridge - Animation)
- stealthy walking of a cat
- monkeys walk on 4 or on 2 feet
- ants walking and climbing
- gecko walking on a ceiling.
- A Cornu aspersum] individual crossing a sharp knive.
- harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) on Helgoland Island
on water surface
animal locomotion on the water surface
- water striders can sit and walk on water
- paddling (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Common basilisk running on water surface („Jesus Christ lizard“)
- Velella sp. is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. They use wind with a sail. (category)
in water
animal locomotion on the water surface
Main category: Swimming animals
- Hippocampus abdominalis ♂ carrying fertalized eggs
- Phycodurus eques “leafy sea dragon”
- Actively moving jellyfish
- Turritopsis rubra swimming
- Okeanos Explorer PR and USVI Dive 8 - “Psychedelic Medusa”
- Turtles swimming
- Clupea harengus forming a school and swim
- sea turtle swimmming
- aridoid escape
in the air
Main category: Animals in flight
- flying and landing bird (Perisoreus canadensis)
- squirrel free-falling on purpose
- Mirrorwing Flyingfish (Hirundichthys speculiger)
others
- a monkey shimmying from branch to branch
- parasite Fasciola hepatica