an opossum will faint and look quite dead—from its prone posture to its drooling, tongue-lolling grimace—which led to the phrase “playing possum” to refer to feigning death. Predatory ...

Typically, opossums resort to playing dead when threatened, but this one held its ground against the much larger predator. Crow, watching from inside his home, felt compelled to intervene.

Another way to be considerate to opossums who might appear in your yard in any season, according to Karvonen? “Be aware of what your pets are doing. Since they ‘play dead,’ opossums don’t ...

Here are some animals with the most unusual defense mechanisms: Sperm whales dive over 3,000 meters deep to escape threats, ...

March 4 (UPI) --The California Highway Patrol entered into an "extremely slow-speed pursuit" when an opossum was found ... A Michigan man who won $500 playing 6-6-6 in a Daily 3 lottery drawing ...

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roll over and play dead," the strategist continued. Carville has also recently called for the party to "play possum" amid nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and his administration ...