🐛 How Minibeasts Move

What you’ll learn

1. Crawling and WrigglingLearn how legless worms wiggle and many-legged minibeasts crawl.Minibeasts move in many different ways. An earthworm has no legs, so it wiggles its body longer and shorter to push through the soil. Caterpillars and centipedes have lots of little legs that grip as they crawl along.
2. Flying and JumpingLearn that some minibeasts fly with wings and others jump with strong legs.Some minibeasts have wings and can fly, like butterflies, bees, and ladybirds, which helps them zoom around and escape danger. Others, like the grasshopper, have strong back legs that let them jump high and far in one big hop.
3. Sliding AlongLearn how a snail slides and review all the ways minibeasts move.A snail moves on one soft foot, sliding slowly on a trail of slippery slime that helps it glide over rough ground. Altogether, minibeasts move in lots of ways: worms wiggle, butterflies and bees fly, grasshoppers jump, and snails slide.

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• Nat Geo Kids
• RSPB
• BBC Bitesize

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