North Carolina Zoo on Instagram: A snake playing possum? That's

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They can be anywhere': Child bitten by snake at N.C. zoo

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North Carolina Zoo on Instagram: A snake playing possum? That's right! Eastern hognose snakes will play dead as a defense mechanism, called thanatosis. Swipe >> . Hognoses will usually writhe around before

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North Carolina officials cast spotlight on 'zombie snakes

North Carolina officials cast spotlight on 'zombie snakes

Zombie snakes': Eastern hognose snake goes viral, but is 'harmless

Zombie snakes' in North Carolina are a lot less scary than they sound