Reasons for Locomotion
- Locomotion is the movement or the ability to move from one place to another
- Locomotion is important to a range of organisms for a variety of reasons
- This trait is particularly important in the Animal kingdom
Example of Reasons for Locomotion Table
| Locomotion reason | Animal | Example |
| Foraging for food | Guinea pigs | These spend at least 70 percent of their time awake searching and eating plants |
| Escaping from danger | Salticidae spiders | Jumping spiders use their legs to jump out of the way of potential predators or other dangers |
| Searching for a mate | Salmon | Spawning of salmon involves male and female salmon swimming from the ocean to freshwater rivers to mate |
| Migration | Caribou dear | Caribou can travel over 3,000 miles a year between their Southern winter ranges and their Northern calving grounds |
