Opossums use a natural defense mechanism called thanatosis (playing dead) when threatened, where they become motionless and unresponsive to avoid predators, as demonstrated by the opossum Tiger Lily in this video.
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Opossum plays dead mid walk πΉAdded:
There's a frozen opossum.
Are you okay?
What are you doing?
Are you playing dead?
Just standing there?
What's he doing?
He's playing dead.
Okay, you can proceed.
We're not going to get you.
Look at him wagging that tail.
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