Movement

Movement — page 1 — Animal Lives Animals face many challenges in their lives From the moment they are old enough to look after themselves they have to work hard to survive They must search for food They need to escape from hungry predators They have to find or make safe homes so they can shelter from the weather and hide from danger When they become adults animals must attract mates so they can have young Some animals travel to faraway breeding grounds to have their young After they hatch or are born many young need to be protected and cared for until they too are old enough to survive on their own One of the challenges that a squid faces is to escape from predators It does this by forcing water out of its body and quickly swimming

Movement — page 2 — Movement All animals move to search for food escape from predators find homes and find mates They move from one place to another on land under the ground in water or in the air Animals use energy to move forward or up They use more energy when moving quickly to catch prey or to escape from predators They use even more energy when moving under the ground through soil Did You Know Different Types of Movement In this book you will find out about I birds that appear to walk on water I lizards that can run across ceilings I birds that slide on their bellies spiders that roll at a high speed Different animals use different types of movement Most land animals use legs for running walking or hopping Animals without legs move by slithering sliding or crawling Fish use fins and tails for swimming Bats most birds and many insects use wings for flying An earthworm has no legs so it crawls slowly through

Movement — page 3 — Storyboard Different Movements Adélie Penguin An Adélie penguin is a bird that lives in the Antarctic It moves from place to place by walking tobogganing diving swimming porpoising and leaping An Adélie penguin toboggans down icy slopes It slides on its belly by pushing with its feet and flippers An Adélie penguin walks upright when it is on land because its legs are set far back on its body It dives headlong into water when it is ready to catch krill fish and squid to

Movement — page 4 — Many animals use different movements when traveling in different places or at different speeds It swims rapidly under water when it is chasing prey or escaping from predators such as leopard seals An Adélie penguin porpoises when it swims long distances It leaps above the surface of the water every so often to breathe and to confuse predators He An Adélie penguin leaps onto ice or land when it is ready to leave the

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