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1 [Title]| On the Gait of Animals~ 2 1 | parts which are useful to animals for movement in place (locomotion); 3 1 | the second why sanguineous animals have four points and not 4 1 | not more, but bloodless animals more than four, and generally 5 1 | and generally why some animals are footless, others bipeds, 6 3 | questions in order.~Now of animals which change their position 7 3 | once, for example jumping animals, others move one part first 8 3 | example walking (and running) animals. In both these changes the 9 4 | plants too, not only in animals. And this distinction is 10 4 | in position other than in animals. Still they are similarly 11 4 | are not only alive but are animals have both a front and a 12 4 | parts are the back.~All animals which partake not only in 13 4 | some than in others. For animals which make the aforesaid 14 4 | progress, like some footless animals (for example snakes and 15 4 | murex and the ceryx. As all animals then start movement from 16 4 | higher degree than the other animals; now the right is naturally 17 4 | dextrous that is, than in other animals. The right then being differentiated 18 5 | 5~Animals which, like men and birds, 19 5 | hands and arms in the other. Animals which have the superior 20 5 | ground under our feet.~Some animals, too, have the front and 21 5 | polypods, and footless animals to the intermediate part, 22 5 | polypods, and footless animals again have their superior 23 6 | distinguished. Accordingly, all animals which progress by the use 24 7 | locomotion belongs to those animals only which make their changes 25 7 | their structure, or to such animals par excellence. Moreover, 26 7 | peculiarly to Sanguineous animals, we see that no Sanguineous 27 7 | whole. But some bloodless animals and polypods can live a 28 7 | why they are like this. Animals constructed most naturally 29 7 | the left D.)~Among land animals this is the character of 30 7 | snakes, and among water animals of eels, and conger-eels 31 7 | snakelike. However, some marine animals of this shape have no fin, 32 8 | evident that Sanguineous animals like snakes, whose length 33 9 | 9~The fact that all animals have an even number of feet, 34 9 | which it stands.~Of limbless animals, some progress by undulations ( 35 9 | subtends them undulating animals could not move themselves; 36 9 | follows behind. Even jumping animals all make a flexion in the 37 14 | why horses and such-like animals stand still with their legs 38 14 | once. In the same fashion animals with more than four legs 39 15 | and winged insects, and animals which swim in a watery medium, 40 15 | so are the fins in water animals, and the feather-like wings 41 16 | fact that non-sanguineous animals with limbs are polypods 42 16 | above, they are the only animals which have more than one 43 19 | classed with progressing animals.~As to right and left, crabs, 44 19 | distinguished.~The structure of animals, both in their other parts,