Behavioural Adaptation
One common adaptation that plants and animals share is the ability to camouflage themselves to blend in with their surroundings, helping them avoid predators or ambush prey. This adaptation plays a crucial role in their survival by improving their chances of avoiding detection.
Opossums very probably would drown while playing possum. The O'possum clan are the Irish branch of the Possum family and like most Irish cannot swim (the water in Ireland is far too cold to ever learn).Seriously, these marsupials don't play possum unless the opossum is in imminent danger; then they play dead very realistically until the predator gives up and goes away. This is a survival characteristic of the Virginia opossum, and to the best of my knowledge they don't do it in water. If they did, they would undoubtedly drown.Australian possums don't play dead; they just run away, instinctively heading upwards where the means, such as a tree, is available.
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Internal adaptation refers to an organism's ability to adjust its internal systems in response to changes in its environment, ensuring survival and maintaining stability. This process involves physiological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms that help the organism cope with various stressors and challenges. Internal adaptation plays a crucial role in enabling organisms to thrive and evolve in their ecosystems.
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The saying "playing possum" comes from the tendency of the American opossum (which is not a true possum) to fall into a deathlike stupor when threatened.An animal that "plays possum" actually goes into a state of physiological suspension whereupon it appears to be quite dead. This is a defence mechanism to avoid being attacked by a predator, and is quite involuntary.The term should actually be "playing opossum" as this behaviour is shown by North American opossums, not true possums of the Oceania region.
They do so because their predators do not eat animals that are already dead and so they fool the predator into believing that they are dead.
The saying "playing possum" comes from the tendency of the American opossum (which is not a true possum) to fall into a deathlike stupor when threatened.An animal that "plays possum" actually goes into a state of physiological suspension whereupon it appears to be quite dead. This is a defence mechanism to avoid being attacked by a predator, and is quite involuntary.The term should actually be "playing opossum" as this behaviour is shown by North American opossums, not true possums of the Oceania region.
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!
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