Movement and mobility for survival

Movement and mobility for survival

In Episode 2 of Vichaar and subsequent posts, we looked at movement in the brain and movement in dance, stillness as a contrast to movement, and subtle movements of the eyes known as "saccades". However, what underlies the evolution of movement? 
In this video, we see baby geese moving their legs, bodies, and beaks as they explore the environment around them. Animals move to seek food, mates, or shelter, or to get away from predators. The movement of animals to find suitable habitat can be either directed movement (called "taxes") or undirected movement (called "kineses") [1]. Speaking of habitat, movement and migration patterns are intricately related with social interaction in a species, e.g. in an experiment done in guppies [2].Human movement and mobility are intricately linked with our ability to walk on two legs (i.e. bipedalism), and are thought to have played a central role in our evolution [3]. 

I find that animals and wildlife around me inspire to think about movement in a different way. Are there animal movement patterns that inspire you? 

Citations:

1. Breed ML, Moore, J. Chapter 8 - Movement: Search, Navigation, Migration, and Dispersal. Editor(s): Michael D. Breed, Janice Moore. Animal Behavior, Academic Press, 2012, Pages 219-252, ISBN 9780123725813, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-372581-3.00008-8. Link here. 
2. Kotrschal A, Szorkovszky A, Herbert-Read J, Bloch NI, Romenskyy M, Buechel SD, Eslava AF, Alòs LS, Zeng H, Le Foll A, Braux G, Pelckmans K, Mank JE, Sumpter D, Kolm N. Rapid evolution of coordinated and collective movement in response to artificial selection. Sci Adv. 2020 Dec 2;6(49):eaba3148. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3148. PMID: 33268362; PMCID: PMC7710366.​ Link here. 
3. Kuhn SL, Raichlen DA, Clark AE. What moves us? How mobility and movement are at the center of human evolution. Evol Anthropol. 2016 May 6;25(3):86-97. doi: 10.1002/evan.21480. PMID: 27312180. Link here.