Virginia Opossum Playing Dead is in fact not an act #shorts
When you see the marsupial “playing possum” it’s because it’s been attacked or caught unaware.
ITS BODY GOES LIMP, ITS BREATHING APPEARS TO STOP, AND ITS TONGUE STICKS OUT, BUT IT’S NOT MERELY PRETENDING...
The animal doesn’t feel any pain and has no reflexes when this occurs.
This defense mechanism is intended to confuse its attacker and allow the possum to escape.
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