Sentence examples for animals forward from inspiring English sources

For propulsion, muscle contractions can rapidly expel jets of water from the body and drive the animals forward.

Dust hangs over the beasts massing on the riverbank, and from behind a tree we watch the cowboys – and one cowgirl – urge the animals forward, their horses rearing among the mêleé.

Sensory neuron input alters this balance by depolarizing one command neuron type; in undisturbed animals, forward command neurons dominate, and worms crawl mostly forward, interrupted by brief backward episodes (∼2 4 times min−1; [21]).

The forward dilated part sticks to the surface, and its muscles contract, pulling the animal forward.

In thaliaceans an exhalant current of water, which in dolioloids and salps is combined with a strong muscular contraction, creates a jet stream that propels the animal forward.

Initially, the movement was thought to be produced by ejecting mucus, a slimy secretion; small contractile fibrils have been found that produce minute contraction waves that move the animal forward.

These flukes are raised up and down in long strokes to move the animal forward, and can be twisted to turn.

The functional result is that it propels water out of the central cavity, pushing the animal forward.

On sandpaper, a claw at the wrist engaged irregularities and propelled the animal forward; during thrust the shoulder rotated towards the body and the wrist did not bend keeping the limb fully extended.

The foot is first extended before being contracted suddenly when it acts like a spring, projecting the animal forwards.

The overall distance that the animals walked forward, as determined by integrating their forward velocity, gradually decreased with increasing angle of sound incidence down to 87% (139.5 cm/min) at 30° (Fig. 2B).