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Play Possum 1100 Words You Need Week 19 Day 1

Play Possum 1100 Words Play Possum 1100 Words /pleɪ - ˈpɑːsəm/ to pretend to be dead or asleep so that someone or a dangerous animal will not kill, eat or hurt you, feign unconsciousness or death, feign ignorance, act apparent death: Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead, feigning death, or playing possum, is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. This form of animal deception is an adaptive behavior also known as tonic immobility or thanatosis. Apparent death can be used as a defense mechanism or as a form of aggressive mimicry, and occurs ...

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