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Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) feigning injury, Canada - David Welling/ npl

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00411609 Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) feigning injury, Canada© David Tipling/ npl

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80091946 Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale) adult, feigning death© Chris Mattison / FLPA

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90846760 Ringneck snake feigning death (Diadophis punctata) New Mexico, NM, USA©

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90846504 Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England©

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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90846503 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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90846502 Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England©

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90846501 Grass snake {Natrix natrix} laying on its back with mouth open and tongue hanging out, feigning death, England©

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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90819316 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.© Yashpal Rathore

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90722381 Grass snake (Natrix natrix) juvenile playing dead, Alvao, Portugal, April.© Luis Quinta

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90709636 Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.© Daniel Heuclin

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90709634 Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.© Daniel Heuclin

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90709633 Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Poitou, France, May.© Daniel Heuclin

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00493778 Sand Wasp (Bembix sp) feigning death© Michel Gunther/ Biosphoto

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90679543 Grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Hertfordshire, England UK© Andy Sands / NPL

Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea) feigning a broken wing to lure a predator away from nest Etosha National Park, Namibia, January - Tony Heald/ npl

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90226730 Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea) feigning a broken wing to lure a predator away from nest Etosha National Park, Namibia, January© Tony Heald / NPL

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90214789 Grass snake feigning death (Natrix natrix) UK© George McCarthy / NPL

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) - JDP/ npl

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90210381 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)© John Downer Productions / NPL

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90209249 Hypnotised pigeons, immobilised by tucking head under wing Defensive behaviour© John Downer / NPL

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90193504 Grass snake feigning death (Natrix natrix) UK© George McCarthy / NPL

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90180625 Grass snake female feigning death, defensive behaviour, UK© Tony Phelps / NPL

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90180409 Eastern hog nosed snake feigning death (Heterodon platyrhinos) Florida, USA© Barry Mansell / NPL

White doves in trance, lying on back, feigning death in self defence When line drawn from their beak they fall into a trance - Mark Brownlow/ npl

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90177723 White doves in trance, lying on back, feigning death in self defence When line drawn from their beak they fall into a trance© Mark Brownlow / NPL

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) - JDP/ npl

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90177318 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)© John Downer Productions / NPL

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90177170 Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) feigning death USA© Mark Brownlow / NPL

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90177169 Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) feigning death USA© Mark Brownlow / NPL

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90175274 Grass snake feigning death (Natrix natrix) Purbeck, Dorset, UK© Tony Phelps / NPL

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90170706 Ringed plover feigning injury (Charadrius hiaticula) Canada© David Welling / NPL

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90156585 Sexton, Burying Beetle lying on its back feigning death UK, captive© Jane Burton / NPL

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90130467 European grass snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, defensive behaviour France, Europe Controlled conditions© Daniel Heuclin / NPL

European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) feigning injury, Iceland, June - Hanne & Jens Eriksen/ npl

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90036961 Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) feigning death to avoid predation, Colorado© Shattil & Rozinski/ npl

Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death, Hertfordshire, England United Kingdom - Andy Sands/ npl

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90028573 Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) drawing breath while feigning death, Hertfordshire, England United Kingdom© Andy Sands/ npl

Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) feigning death United Kingdom - Andy Sands/ npl

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Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) defends itself from predators by feigning death, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom - Geoff Simpson/ npl

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90025190 Grass Snake (Natrix natrix) defends itself from predators by feigning death, Cromford, Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom© Geoff Simpson/ npl

Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) upside down with mouth open feigning death, captive, from western North America - Michael D. Kern/ npl

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90021859 Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) upside down with mouth open feigning death, captive, from western North America© Michael D. Kern/ npl

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) injured wing display to feign injury and draw predator away from nest, Colorado - Shattil & Rozinski/ npl

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90008857 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) injured wing display to feign injury and draw predator away from nest, Colorado© Shattil & Rozinski/ npl