lol...it's true! The University of Zurich found that the Moorland Hawker dragonfly will drop like a rock and fall to the ground and play dead if approached by a male she doesn't like.
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Yes, they've studied this intensely and found that this trick is used by the female when she's been impregnated by a male of her choosing.
After they've mated she flies off to lay the eggs and that's when she will play dead if approached by other sleezy males that she hasn't chosen.
Those males will usually hang around her "lifeless" body for a few moments and then take off and look for other females. Once he is gone she will get up and fly away. lol.
Rest in peace girl. Wait, she's just faking it! Who knew they were so smart?
Unexpected results
What's shocking is that someone posted the findings on Twitter and got THOUSANDS of responses from women all over the world saying they totally relate to this dragonfly because of the constant or unwanted advances from men.
So this entertaining story hit a real cord with women everywhere. Many women sounded like they would gladly fake their own death to avoid unwanted males, that's pretty serious!
Thanks for stopping by folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas
PS- I'm sure everyone has been watching the huge wildfires in Eastern Australia with sadness.
The Koala is one of the animals most at risk because they instinctively escape danger by climbing to the top of trees but that's the most dangerous place to be in a wildfire.
One lady saw a Koala trying to escape the flames but he was scorched so she jumped out of her car and used the shirt off her back to rescue him:
She took him to a Koala hospital. He was quite injured:
Here's a video of her rescuing him but it will get to your heart because the poor guy is crying:
Now here is a video of her being reunited with him after he's been patched up at the hospital:
Kudos to Australians. This lady ran right into the burning forest with no hesitation.