Jumping or leaping's a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and other gaits in which the entire body's temporarily airborne by the relatively long duration of the aerial phase and high angle of initial launch. Some animals, such as the kangaroo, use jumping, more commonly called hopping in this instance, as their primary form of locomotion, while others, such as frogs… (
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