Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Male Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on beach, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? When Plovers sense danger a parent bird will pretend to have a broken wing to distract predators.
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Tony Phelps / Grass snake female feigning death - defensive behaviour, UK
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Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglets, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: 'As these wild boar piglets walked out onto the track I tried to think 'flat' and pretend I was a leaf l...
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Aflo / ic-04407 Child playing opticians with Golden retriever wearing glasses.
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John Downer / Hypnotised pigeons, immobilised by tucking head under wing. Defensive behaviour.
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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)
