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tonic immobility

behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead
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tonic immobility

Summary

tonic immobility is an animal behavior[1]. It draws 1,112 Wikipedia views per month (animal_behavior category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • tonic immobility's instance of is recorded as animal behavior[3].
  • Thanatos is named after tonic immobility[4].
  • tonic immobility is a type of deception[5].
  • tonic immobility is a type of freeze response[6].
  • tonic immobility is part of psychological terminology[7].
  • tonic immobility's Commons category is recorded as Apparent death[8].
  • tonic immobility's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • tonic immobility's different from is recorded as faked death[10].

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Definition and Type

tonic immobility's instance of is recorded as animal behavior[3]. Recorded subclass of include deception[5] and freeze response[6].

Origins

Thanatos is named after tonic immobility[4].

Use and Application

tonic immobility is part of psychological terminology[7].

Why It Matters

tonic immobility draws 1,112 Wikipedia views per month (animal_behavior category, ranking #4 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Part of → psychological terminology
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    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
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