The post Animals That Rely on Faking Death to Stay Alive appeared first on A-Z Animals. Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: ...

The post Animals That Fake Their Own Death appeared first on A-Z Animals. Running, fighting, and hiding are not the only ways animals escape. Some take a much more dramatic approach. They go ...

Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: they play dead. This odd behavior is known as thanatosis or tonic immobility. The strategy ...

Running, fighting, and hiding are not the only ways animals escape. Some take a much more dramatic approach. They go completely still, perhaps flip over on their back, and simply pretend they are dead ...