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Feigning Death
There are a number of species that feign death as a defensive strategy, with Heterodon being the most prominent example in North America. This is a small picture series of that behavior in a rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus). I took these pictures in the southern African country of Swaziland as part of a field research project in December 2009.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
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Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. - Marston Bates
55.59.7 squamates, 1.1 Canis lupus, and 0.1 Homo sapiens.
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