By 
Tierney Thys
 | 
TED-Ed Original

The surprising reasons animals play dead

From lemurs to lizards ants to amphibians sharks to chickens hundreds of animals "play dead" as a survival tactic. But how and why do animals do this? Tierney Thys explains how this curious behavior known as tonic immobility or TI for short can be used as a defense or offense.

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