Talk:Animal locomotion

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  • Expand:
    • Describe the various forms in detail, summarizing the main articles if necessary. Mainly need to work on terrestrial forms, including underground (e.g. moles).
    • Other:
    • What to do about locomotion in other taxa? Perhaps a more general article on biological locomotion is needed, but then where would that leave this one?
    • Energetics diagram needed.
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A diagram showing the energetic costs of the various forms of locomotion is needed (see e.g. Campbell & Reece, Biology 7th edition p. 1074.