Death feigning behavior
Description

Death feigning behavior

Range and Distribution

Habitats

Food habits

Reproductive characteristics

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Author: Nicole Johns
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The death feign beahvior is considered by Green (1988) to be cataleptic, narcoleptic and induced by parasympathetic arousal or adrenal medullary function.