Warning over 'zombie snakes' that play dead and 'strike repeatedly', The Independent

File:Natrix natrix playing dead.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Hognose Snake Playing Dead

Hognose Snake Playing Dead by AlexKiyama on DeviantArt

Watch a Snake Put On an Elaborate Death Performance

robert_rausch showing us a snake that plays dead. This snake is the eastern hognose snake. So why do they play dead? They do it as a…

Why Play Dead?

Do Corn Snakes Play Dead? (Sullivans Island, SC) : r/whatsthissnake

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

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake - Cape Cod National Seashore (U.S.

WATCH: Have You Ever Seen a Hognose Play Dead? - Texas Fish & Game