North Carolina Zoo on X: A snake playing possum? Eastern hognose snakes play dead as a defense mechanism called thanatosis. Hognoses write around before opening their mouth & letting their tongue hang

Hognose Snake Doesn't Play Dead Anymore - Reptiles Magazine

Hognose Snakes Play Dead Like Opossums

North Carolina Zoo on X: A snake playing possum? Eastern hognose snakes play dead as a defense mechanism called thanatosis. Hognoses write around before opening their mouth & letting their tongue hang

Hognose Snakes Play Dead Like Opossums

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Eastern Hognose Snake

FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - Hognose snakes will play dead as a defense mechanism. This behavior is known as “death feigning.” It's rare in other snake species, but the southern

Officials issue warning about 'zombie snake' that tends to play dead

Hognose snake's dramatic fake death (video)

FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - Hognose snakes will play dead as a defense mechanism. This behavior is known as “death feigning.” It's rare in other snake species, but the southern

North Carolina Zoo on X: A snake playing possum? Eastern hognose snakes play dead as a defense mechanism called thanatosis. Hognoses write around before opening their mouth & letting their tongue hang

the snake that plays “possum”

Zombie snake' found in North Carolina can 'play dead,' officials say

FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - Hognose snakes will play dead as a defense mechanism. This behavior is known as “death feigning.” It's rare in other snake species, but the southern

Eastern Hognose Snake