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Title: Oscar deserving performance: death-feigning in dice snakes
Authors: Golubović, Ana 
Andjelković, Marko
Gvozdenović, Slađana
Šukalo, Goran
Tomović, Ljiljana 
Bonnet, Xavier
Issue Date: 6-Sep-2019
Conference: XX European Congress of Herpetology
Abstract: 
Dice snakes (Natrix tessellata) display an extensive repertoire of antipredator behaviors. They flee when they detect an attacker, and if captured, they vigorously struggle to evade. They spin their body, while spraying the foe with a malodorous mixture of cloacal content and cloacal gland secretions. Ultimately, dice snakes can switch to death-feigning (DF, thanatosis), i.e. tonic immobility in i...
Description: 
Milan, 2–6 September 2019. Organized by SEH
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1746
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