Last week Elle mentioned hypnotizing a rooster, but when it came to an explanation, I opted for DG, delayed gratification, a way to heighten interest by delaying the answer to an interesting question. For discussion next Friday.
Ethologists, scientists who study animal behavior, refer to this as "tonic immobility", a semi paralytic state triggered in some animals when threatened by a predator, like "playing opossum" or "deer in the headlights."
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