How Creatures Move Test 1

The lion is a large felid of the genus Panthera native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, deep-chested body, short, rounded head, round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. The lion walks on padded paws.

An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a tube-within-a-tube body plan, are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation, and usually have setae on all segments.

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel can leap from limb to limb.

Monkeys. are clever, social animals. They are known for running and leaping through trees with ease. Like apes and humans, monkeys belong to the group of mammals called primates. Monkeys look somewhat like apes such as chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas.

In general, small birds that spend most of their time in trees, where they hop from branch to branch feeding will also hop when on the ground. Just as hopping is a great way to get from branch to branch, and certainly less cumbersome and energy conserving than flying such short distances.