Crawling

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Crawling is a form of moving around by some animals, and, in some cases humans, generally involving slow movement on all limbs.

For humans it usually means moving on knees and hands, with support from the toes. Except for using a vehicle or being carried by an animal, it is the main alternative to walking and running. Crawling is used mainly:

• When he/she cannot walk because of being an infant or due to disability or being wounded or sick.
• In very low places (caves, under a table, in a mine, etc.). Sometimes underground miners need to crawl long distances during their work.
• When searching for something on the ground.
• To get down to the ground in gardening
• For stealth (camouflage and quietness)
• To lower the field of vision
• For fun or comical purposes.
• When gun fire or other projectiles are flying over, crawling reduces the risk of being hit.

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Crawling, in terms of pain sensations, refers to feeling as if covered with crawling things (i.e., ants).

[edit] See also

• Crabwalking (walking on all fours facing up instead of down)
• Front crawl (swimming style)
• Rock crawling (off-road sport involving heavily modified trucks)
• Kneeling
• Plastun
• Web crawling (technology for search engines)
• Terrestrial locomotion in animals