tonic immobility
1tonic immobility — cessation of movement in response to a threat, e.g. sharks will remain motionless for about 15 minutes if flipped over (don t try this at home) …
2Apparent death — Playing possum redirects here. For the 1975 album by Carly Simon, see Playing Possum. Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead or playing possum, is an antipredator behavior observed in a wide range of animals in which they take on the… …
3Electropositive shark repellent — Electropositive metals (EPMs) are a new class of shark repellent materials that produce a measurable voltage when immersed in an electrolyte. The voltages produced are as high as 1.75 eVDC in seawater. It is hypothesized that this voltage… …
4Mike Rutzen — A great white shark Mike Rutzen is an expert on the great white shark and an outspoken champion of shark conservation. His fame spread due to the images of his free diving exploits swimming with the animals without a cage. Mike has spent more… …
5Killer whale — Orca redirects here. For other uses, see Orca (disambiguation). Killer whale[1] …
6Paralysis — Not to be confused with Spasticity, Sensory loss, or Numbness. Paralysed redirects here. For other uses, see Paralysed (disambiguation). Paralyse redirects here. For the 2008 pop song, see Paralyse (song). For other uses, see Paralysis… …
7Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… …
8Comparative psychology — Psychology …
9Chicken hypnotism — A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance, by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken …
10Gordon G. Gallup — Gordon G. Gallup, Jr. ( born 1941) is a psychologist of the University at Albany s Psychology department, researching biopsychology. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1968, after which he joined the faculty of the… …
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