nothing unless he swallowed it. dogs are fairly good at not getting mouth infections. the only problem would be if it splintered and got stuck in his throat
This expression's meaning may be guessed from the words in it, so it is not an idiom. To play possum is to deceive an attacker by pretending to be dead or vanquished, as the possum proverbially does.
i think its a possum
The phrase "Playing 'Possum" comes from the opossum's way of protecting themselves. Playing possum means to play dead. A 'possum will lay still in hopes an animal will not attack it since it's dead (many animals won't eat prey unless they catch it alive). While playing dead, a possum will secrete really bad smelling fluid from it's anal glands.
a possum
Behavioural Adaptation
the possum is quite a small animal therefore, you would think it was easy prey. not so fast! this petite rodent knows how its predators think! who wants to eat a dead animal lying on the dirty ground? not me! that is exactly what the predator thinks when he sees that "dead" possum on the ground. i think you can guess the rodent's sneaky defense by now! it plays dead!
One time, it can play dead infinitely, but once it is really dead, it is dead. This is the way of living things, they don't come back to life. If you see a dead possum moving that is most likely because it is a female and possums are marsupials and she probably has young in her pouch.
No. Australian possums, such as pygmy possums, do not "play possum" like the American opossum does. They are different species, with different habits.
They are a cat or someone does not like you.
Properly called the opossum. Commonly called a possum.
no, Bizzy Bone is not dead
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