Dave Watts / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) swimming in lake, Tasmania, Australia.
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Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Hertfordshire, England. UK
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Tony Phelps / Grass snake feigning death {Natrix natrix} Purbeck, Dorset, UK
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Tony Phelps / Grass snake female feigning death - defensive behaviour, UK
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Yashpal Rathore / Malabar torrent toad (Ghatophryne ornata) showing underside with bright yellow spots. This species act as dead when flipped. Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Endemic to the Western Ghats.
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Stephen Dalton / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, defensive behaviour, Sussex, UK
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Daniel Heuclin / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.
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Daniel Heuclin / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.
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Daniel Heuclin / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.
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Stephen Dalton / Running / House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar) female, feigning death. Sussex, UK, December.
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Tony Heald / Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea) feigning a broken wing to lure a predator away from nest. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.
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Daniel Heuclin / European grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, defensive behaviour. France, Europe. Controlled conditions.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) feigning injury, Iceland, June
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Stephen Dalton / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, UK
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Stephen Dalton / House crab spider (Philodromus dispar) male feigning death, UK
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Stephen Dalton / House crab spider {Philodromus dispar} male feigning death as a defense mechanism, UK
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Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) drawing breath while feigning death, Hertfordshire, England. UK
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Andy Sands / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Hertfordshire, England. UK
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Shattil & Rozinski / Western hognose snake {Heterodon nasicus} feigning death to avoid predation, Colorado, USA
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Michael D. Kern / Western hognose snake {Heterodon nasicus} upside down with mouth open feigning death, captive, from western USA
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John Cancalosi / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England
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John Cancalosi / Close-up of Grass snake {Natrix natrix} defending itself from predators by feigning death. Sometimes it also emits a foul-smelling substance from its anal glands, making it smell like rotten meat. Eng...
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John Cancalosi / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England
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John Cancalosi / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England
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Nature Production / Seven-spotted Ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} feigning death and excreting stinking liquid from leg joints for self-defense,
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Barry Mansell / Eastern hog nosed snake feigning death (Heterodon platyrhinos) Florida, USA
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John Cancalosi / Ringneck snake feigning death (Diadophis punctata) New Mexico, NM, USA
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George McCarthy / Grass snake feigning death {Natrix natrix} UK
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Andy Sands / Slow worm {Anguis fragilis} feigning death. UK.
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Andy Sands / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} feigning death. UK.
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Flip de Nooyer / Coot feigning death in defence {Fulica atra} upside down in water, Netherlands
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Barry Mansell / Eastern hog nosed snake feigning death {Heterodon platyrhinos} Florida, USA.
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David Welling / Ringed plover feigning injury {Charadrius hiaticula} Canada.
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John Downer / Hypnotised pigeons, immobilised by tucking head under wing. Defensive behaviour.
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Jane Burton / Sexton / Burying Beetle lying on its back feigning death. UK, captive.
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George McCarthy / Grass snake feigning death {Natrix natrix} UK
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John Downer Productions / Opossum feigns death by rolling over and lying still with mouth and eyes half open. Defensive tactic. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)
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John Downer Productions / Doves in a death-mimicking trance prompted by simply tucking heads under wings. Defensive tactic. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)
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Mark Brownlow / White doves in trance, lying on back, feigning death in self defence. When line drawn from their beak they fall into a trance
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Geoff Simpson / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} defends itself from predators by feigning death. Sometimes it also emits a foul-smelling substance from its anal glands, making it smell like rotten meat. Cromford, Derbysh...
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Mark Brownlow / Virginia opossum {Didelphis virginiana} feigning death USA
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Mark Brownlow / Virginia opossum {Didelphis virginiana} feigning death USA
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David Welling / Ringed plover feigning injury {Charadrius hiaticula} Canada
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Konrad Wothe / Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) male, feigning injury in defensive display to lead predator away from nest, Sweden.
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Roland Seitre / Australian pratincole (Stiltia isabella) injury-feigning display, defensive behaviour, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia.
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Roland Seitre / Australian pratincole (Stiltia isabella) resting on ground exhibiting injury-feigning display, defensive behaviour, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia.
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Chris Mattison / Mossy frog (Theloderma corticale), feigning death (thanotosis).
