How Do Hognose Snakes Play Dead?

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🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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North American hognose snakes are among the creatures that will dramatically feign death to escape predators. Learn about these reptiles (and thanatosis) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/snakes/hognose-snake.htm

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1:47.0	It happens less often than you might think, but when Virginia Apostoms get seriously frightened, they sometimes react by feigning death.
1:56.2	And such less ditched dramatics aren't limited to mammals.
2:01.4	The animal behavior of playing dead is called bannitosis. Much of the time, it's a Hail Mary effort to stay alive.
2:08.8	Creatures who use the strategy tend to be small and slow moving.
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