Crawl

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Soldiers crawling under barbed wire

In animals and humans, crawling , also known as seals , denotes a type of locomotion in which the body and the trunk, i.e. H. touches the floor with the belly, in contrast to crawling , running or walking where only the extremities come into contact with the floor.

In humans, crawling is the first active form of locomotion before learning to crawl. Preliminary stages of crawling develop in the infant while it is being carried.

For adults, crawling is a form of locomotion in an emergency. It serves as a protective measure during firefighting operations . It is also necessary as a type of access in caving . Creepers are also common in construction (canals, fortresses, cellars, etc.).

In the military, there is a creeping gait known as the lowest gait.

Creeping is the typical way of locomotion of legless reptiles , amphibians and worms .

In plants, it is a matter of locomotion as part of growth (for example ivy ).

All-terrain vehicles have a crawler gear for the slowest movement. Colloquially, road traffic crawls when there is a high volume of traffic.

Web links

Wiktionary: crawl  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Duden | seals | Spelling, meaning, definition, origin. Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
  2. Fire brigade emergency training breathing protection (PDF; 489 kB)