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- Shells grind through rock: piddock
- Retractable claws have many functions: African lion
- Feet good for climbing: squirrel
- Foot adaptations climb rough and smooth surfaces: insects
- Adhering to multiple substrates: blackberry
- Large volumes move through small spaces: common earthworm
- Concertina movement navigates tunnels: snakes
- Mouthparts pierces through hippo hides: African biting flies
- Body designed for burrowing: nematode
- Tissue slices go undetected: vampire bat
- Rolling locomotion used for hilly terrain: Mount Lyell salamander
- Threads transfer movement to capsule: jumping bean moth caterpillar
- Toxins protect from predators: jellyfish
- Mucus aids movement: slugs
- Multiple legs allow sudden stops: insects
- Rolling locomotion aids escape: mother-of-pearl moth caterpillar
- Skin exhibits low friction: sandfish skink
- Needle-like structure inserts painlessly: mosquito
- Ovipositor drills holes: locust
- Muscles flex: humans
- Paws have non-slip grip: polar bears
- Running up and down trees: treecreepers
- Limbs dig efficiently: echigo mole
- Paws excavate burrows: pocket gopher
- Feet aid silent movement: African lion
- Chewing through wood: harlequin beetle
- Skin aids movement: worms
- Mouth cuts through chitin: velvet mite
- Many legs provide thrust for burrowing: millipede
- Moving efficiently across sand: sidewinder
- Efficient movement across land: snakes
- Bristles facilitate movement: earthworms
- Slime enables movement: bacteria
- Hairlike extensions responsible for movement: bacteria
- Communal 'slime-ways' used to glide: marine slime mold
- Catapulting transports worms: nematode
- Modified leaves assist climb: passion flower
- Tendrils enable upward climb: rattan palm
- Running on waxy leaves: Arboreal ants
- Stem used for climbing: honeysuckle
- Stem sends out climbing gear: cheese plant
- Tube feet assist locomotion, feeding: lined sea star
- Small structures burrow efficiently: earthworms
- Joints have two degrees of bending freedom: arthropods
- Fur and feathers get grip on ice: seals and penguins
- Hairy footpads aid walking on loose sand: Fennec Fox
- Ovipositor drills through wood: parasitic wasps
- Flexible spine increases speed: cheetah
- Feet maintain traction: mountain goat
- Head bores through wood: shipworm
- Seeds drilled into soil: wheat
- Tendons store energy: tammar wallaby
- Organs serve multiple adhesive functions: camel spider
- Mucus enhances mobility: polychaete worm
- Gait increases speed, efficiency: ostrich
- Awns cause self-planting: spear grass
- Waves of shortening used to move: boa constrictor
- Screw-and-nut leg joint assists climbing: Papuan weevil
- Spring-like seed drills into ground: filaree
- Tendons store elastic energy: northern leopard frog
