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  2. Arboreal locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Arboreal organisms display many specializations for dealing with the mechanical challenges of moving through their habitats. [1] Arboreal animals frequently have elongated limbs that help them cross gaps, reach fruit or other resources, test the firmness of support ahead, and in some cases, to brachiate. [1]

  3. Colugo - Wikipedia

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    [10] Their ability to glide is possible because of a large membrane of skin that extends between their paired limbs. This gliding membrane, or patagium , runs from the shoulder blades to the fore paws, from the tip of the rear-most fingers to the tip of the toes, and from the hind legs to the tip of the tail. [ 8 ]

  4. Brachiation - Wikipedia

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    Specialized locomotor behaviours, such as brachiating, are thought to have evolved from arboreal quadrupedalism. This behaviour is the ancestral and most common locomotor mechanism among primates. [10] This would explain why living apes and humans share many unusual morphological aspects of the upper limb and thorax. [10]

  5. Suspensory behavior - Wikipedia

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    Suspensory behaviour is a form of arboreal locomotion or a feeding behavior that involves hanging or suspension of the body below or among tree branches. [1] This behavior enables faster travel while reducing path lengths to cover more ground when travelling, searching for food and avoiding predators.

  6. Tree squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Squirrels are generally inquisitive and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods, they are notorious for tenaciously trying to circumvent obstacles in order to eat from bird feeders. Although they are expert climbers, and primarily arboreal, some species of squirrels also thrive in urban environments, where they have adapted to humans.

  7. Chameleon - Wikipedia

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    When hunting prey, the eyes focus forward in coordination, affording the animal stereoscopic vision. Chameleons are diurnal and adapted for visual hunting of invertebrates, mostly insects, although the large species also can catch small vertebrates. Chameleons typically are arboreal, but there are also many species that live on the ground. The ...

  8. 31 Images Of Adorable Animals Caught In Hilarious Dangling ...

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    Image credits: pacific_tides Dangling isn’t a new phenomenon, it’s something that animals have always done in a variety of different ways. One man from Indiana, called Cameron Shoppach, took ...

  9. Tree frog - Wikipedia

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    European treefrog (Hyla arborea). A tree frog (or treefrog) is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. [1] Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia suborder have given rise to treefrogs, although they are not closely related to each other.