tonic immobility

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tonic immobility

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uncountable A behaviour in which an animal appears to be temporarily paralysed and unresponsive to external stimuli, for example in response to the threat of a predator.
Similar: TI, thanatosis, playing dead

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@misc{tonic_immobility_2026,
  title = {tonic immobility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tonic%20immobility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}