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tonic immobility
tonic immobility Tonic immobility is an inborn, last-resort defensive response to a predator in which an animal becomes immobile.
Tonic immobility is an inborn, last-resort defensive response to a predator in which an animal becomes immobile. It is often linked with death-feigning but is described here as the final part of that broader set of behaviors rather than the whole pattern.