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In a video, we can see a scene like this:

A chicken was caught with its head down near the ground. Then someone draws a line with a stick or chalk, and the chicken suddenly stands still as if it had been hypnotized, which can last for up to 30 minutes.

This is not a video special effect or magic. Since this magical chicken hypnosis was discovered, many people have tried this method and found that it can indeed hypnotize a chicken.

Can you hypnotize the chicken noodle by drawing a line in front of it? | the magical method of MinjungKim / youtube caused a "hypnosis craze", which was written by writer Ernest Hemingway in his book.

It has also been suggested that if the chicken is placed sideways on the ground for 30 seconds, it will be successfully hypnotized, and the chicken will be still for more than 2 hours.

But why are chickens hypnotized? Is it really because people have mastered some great hypnotism?

Is chicken hypnotism a science or a metaphysics? In fact, not only chickens, but many other animals are easily hypnotized. But in the eyes of animal behaviorists, a motionless animal does not mean falling asleep, but an act of "playing dead".

Zoologists call it tonic immobility,TI, or fake death (death feigning). When some animals are threatened by the environment or predators, they enter a static state that seems paralyzed as a defense mechanism.

Swift in TI status: I'm dead, I faked it. | Wiki draws lines in front of chickens with chalk, which seems to be a way to get them into the "play dead" state. When in danger, "shredding" may really be an effective way to make predators lose interest.

However, the resting chicks are not "petrified" or "waiting to die". Instead, they confuse predators by their motionless bodies, making them feel like they have stuck out their tongues, but in fact remain awake all the time.

They not only pay close attention to their surroundings, but also occasionally make some neural responses in order to find the most suitable escape opportunity.

A possum wandering in the wild accidentally bumped into a dog, but there was nowhere to hide. However, it also has one of the best means of defense, that is, "broken". The opossum fell to one side, stuck out its tongue, breathing became weaker and weaker, and fell to the ground motionless.

Stick out your tongue, drool, motionless. | TheLilacBreasterRoller / flickr for a few hours at rest, the possum looks really no different from "dead". Whether the enemy pokes it, kicks it, or even bites it, it will not react. It also secretes saliva and produces feces, which is as confusing as poisoning and sudden death. This scene, no matter how fierce the dog will see:? Run away. Run away.

Only when the danger is completely over will the opossum stand up and leave the scene of the accident. This method can often resist the attack of most predators.

However, this is also a skill that animals develop when they have no means of defense, such as the popular "pretend to be dead when you encounter a bear in the wild". The best way is to be vigilant, do not make eye contact and use anti-bear spray correctly.

In addition to being a means of defense, "playing dead" has other uses.

A kind of spider called Pisaura mirabilis plays dead in order to mate.

When the male burglar spider courts the female, he needs to bring a wedding present. But this is often not enough, male spiders may still be attacked or even eaten by females. Therefore, "fake death" has become the mating strategy of male spiders.

Studies have shown that male spiders who play dead have a higher mating success rate and last longer.

There is no shortage of smarter species in the animal kingdom, and there is a kind of "pretending to be dead" for stuttering: one species of snapper pretends to be still and looks dead. Even, it will show spotted patterns on its body, which looks like a "rotten fish" that has been dead for a long time. At this time, the scavenger in the sea will be attracted, and the successful snapper will eat the scavenger at this time.

This spot makes the snapper look like a "dead fish" that is rotting. | Wiki but there is just the opposite in the sea. Sometimes "pretending to be dead" may mean direct death.

Whales often induce sharks to play dead and then hunt. To a whale, a shark pretending to be dead is like a piece of meat delivered to the mouth.

Playing dead exists in many animals, whether insects, fish, amphibians and even mammals, have used this way to resist enemy attacks, or to achieve their own survival goals.

It is also very dangerous to put it rotten. | Wiki and some scientists also speculate that human beings have a similar mechanism. When the victim is seriously assaulted, there may also be a "scared" situation: the body can not move, unable to call for help, or even cry.

It is not that there is no resistance, but that the body is dominated by a strong sense of fear. And this could lead to a more dangerous situation.

As mentioned earlier, the method of false death seems to be effective, but after all, it is still a bad policy, and it is only a helpless move when animals are desperate. No matter how good the acting is, there is still a great risk that it will be eaten by predators. No matter how good the acting is, you still can't beat it.

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