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

North Carolina issues warning about 'zombie snake' that tends to play dead - ABC News

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

Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos

71 - Playing Possum from Animas, New Mexico — Michael Jacobi

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

Hognose Snake Doesn't Play Dead Anymore - Reptiles Magazine

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 Caroline Eastern Hognose Zombie Snake Plays Dead

Zombie snakes' have gone viral, but they aren't dangerous to humans