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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:33 PM Aug 2018

Playing possum....when you are a duck.

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Playing possum....when you are a duck. (Original Post) pbmus Aug 2018 OP

Or when you're a snake. Arkansas Granny Aug 2018 #1

Poor snake. They get stressed, and I guarantee that snake is being stressed. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #2

That's a hognose natural defense mechanism. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #3

And because the man kept messing with him, he had to keep up his defensive tblue37 Aug 2018 #4

I saw a squirrel do it. Two of them got in a fight and really went at it. The noise they made brewens Aug 2018 #5

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)

1. Or when you're a snake.

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:43 PM

Aug 2018

tblue37

(65,357 posts)

2. Poor snake. They get stressed, and I guarantee that snake is being stressed. nt

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:46 PM

Aug 2018

Lochloosa

(16,064 posts)

3. That's a hognose natural defense mechanism.

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:51 PM

Aug 2018

tblue37

(65,357 posts)

4. And because the man kept messing with him, he had to keep up his defensive

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:54 PM

Aug 2018

behavior. Being on the defense is stressful for animals.

brewens

(13,587 posts)

5. I saw a squirrel do it. Two of them got in a fight and really went at it. The noise they made

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 03:58 PM

Aug 2018

when it got viscous on the ground was amazing. I saw one run off and walked over to investigate where the other went. I got close and it was laying still on it's back until I came a little closer, then it got up and limped off. The winner must have got a serious bite in on it's foot or leg.

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