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Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death.

  • Published In: Science, 2025, v. 389, n. 6763. P. 883 1 of 2

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 2

Abstract

The article explores how nonhuman animals perceive and respond to death through a podcast interview with Susana Monsó, author of Playing Possum, discussing possums' behavior of feigning death and its implications for understanding animal cognition in the United States.

Additional Information

  • Source:Science. 2025/08, Vol. 389, Issue 6763, p883
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Zoology
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0036-8075
  • DOI:10.1126/science.aeb1117
  • Accession Number:188103571

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