In the wild, survival often depends on clever tactics, and few are more surprising than pretending to be dead. Known as thanatosis or tonic immobility, this behavior can trick predators into thinking their prey is already spoiled, unappetizing, or not worth the trouble. Here are 10 animals that use this bizarre but effective strategy to avoid becoming someone else’s meal. Opossum Perhaps the most famous death-faker, the Virginia opossum literally “plays possum” when threatened. It collapses, goes limp, drools, defecates, […]
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