…from KansasCity.com…
“Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, “On the Movement of Animals,” modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.
“Whether an organism drifts in the sea, swims, wriggles, crawls, walks, runs, jumps, flies or casts its seeds upon the wind, movement is essential to life, they say. No matter how big or little it is, it’s got to get away from its birthplace to find food, escape predators and reproduce.”
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