Such a drama queen!' Hognose snake pretended to be dead to avoid human touch in viral video

A video of a hognose snake pretending to die when it felt threatened ahs gone viral on social media. The clip shows a person touching a hognose snake which instantly turns its body around and fakes it death. "Hognose snake theatrically fakes death to avoid predation," the video is captioned. Hognose snakes use faking death as a defence startegy. The eastern hognose snakes are also known as 'zombie snakes'. One user said, "Such a drama Queen." Another wrote, "When hognose snakes see danger and play dead they might pop a blood vessel in their mouth to make them look as gross as possible. It does work for certain predators that will only eat live prey and not want to eat something that looks like it’s been dead for too long." | Credits: Reddit, Viral Videos News, Times Now

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