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Many animals play dead—and not just to avoid getting eaten Christine Peterson © Photograph by Blickwinkel, Alamy dice snake (Natrix tessellata), playing possum next to a creek, Greece, Creta Of all the ways animals have evolved to evade predators, feigning death might be one of the most creative—and risky. Scientifically known as thanatosis, or tonic immobility, playing dead occurs across the animal kingdom, from birds to mammals to fish. Perhaps the most famous death faker is North America’s Virginia opossum, which opens its mouth, sticks out its tongue, empties its ...
Snakes, invertebrates, birds, and more have evolved several reasons for feigning death.