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Animals Fake Death for Long Periods of Time to Escape Predators – Brinkwire
Many animals feign death to try to escape their predators, with some individuals in prey species remaining motionless, if in danger, for extended lengths of time.
Charles Darwin recorded a beetle that remained stationary for 23 minutes however the University of Bristol has documented an individual antlion larvae pretending to be dead for an astonishing 61 minutes. Of equal importance, the amount of time that an individual remains motionless is not only long but unpredictable.
This means that a predator…
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