jumping

Japanese: jumping
jumping

...Although tree-climbing and cliff-climbing behavior involves skillful movements of the claws and limbs to support the body weight, they can basically be thought of as an application of creeping or walking.
[Jumping]
In animals with many legs, such as crustaceans and chelipeds, one of the legs is always attached to the bottom, but in insects and vertebrates with fewer legs, particularly powerful legs can be rapidly bent and extended to lift all of the legs off the bottom and move the body in a jump. When fleas jump, they first crouch down and bend their strong hind legs.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "jumping" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,木登りや崖登り行動は,体重を支えるための爪や四肢の巧みな運動が関与するけれども,基本的には匍匐か歩行の応用と考えてよい。
[跳躍jumping(leaping)]
 甲殻類や唇脚類のように,肢の数が多いものでは,いつもどれかの肢が底面についているが,昆虫類や脊椎動物のように肢の数が少なくなると,とくに強力な肢を急激に屈伸して,全部の肢を底面から離して体を移動させる跳躍が可能になる。ノミが跳躍するとき,ノミはまず〈かがみこむ〉ようにして,強い後肢を折りまげる。…

※「jumping」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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