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The 17 pages that link to Thanatosis, each with the reason it gives.

• Predator avoidanceBroader topic: Some predators lose interest in prey that stops moving or appears dead.

• CrypsisCompared with: It can prevent attack after detection rather than hiding the animal beforehand.

• Mobbing (animal behavior)Compared with: Thanatosis avoids confrontation, whereas mobbing actively approaches or harasses a predator.

• Defense mechanismBroader topic: Feigning death can make an attacker lose interest.

• PhasmatodeaRelated: Some phasmids drop from vegetation and remain still when disturbed.

• Predator defenseBroader topic: Playing dead can reduce an attacker’s interest or create an opportunity to escape.

• BelostomatidaeRelated: Feigning death can help a threatened water bug avoid further attack.

• Virginia opossumRelated: The opossum’s best-known defense is a prolonged form of this response.

• Horned lizardRelated: When threatened, some horned lizards remain motionless rather than flee.

• OpilionesRelated: Harvestmen may remain still after disturbance, making them less conspicuous to predators.

• PholcidaeRelated: Some pholcids use stillness alongside web-based defenses when threatened.

• Pholcus phalangioidesRelated: Remaining still is one response available when disturbance makes vibration ineffective.

• Common walkingstickRelated: Remaining still can reinforce its twig-like camouflage when disturbed.

• Eastern copperheadRelated: Copperheads may remain still rather than flee when approached.

• Grass snakeRelated: Grass snakes may feign death when threatened, sometimes while releasing foul-smelling fluid.

• HeteropteryxRelated: Heteropteryx dilatata can use immobility as part of its defense.

• PhylliidaeRelated: Stillness can reinforce a leaf insect’s resemblance to foliage rather than an animal.