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Thanatosis (from Greek adjective θανàτωσιs meaning "putting to death") is the process by which an animal feigns death in order to evade predation. It is a phenomenon known in invertebrates such as the Hymenoptera Nasonia vitripennis and the Orthoptera Gryllus bimaculatus, but also in vertebrates such as Didelphis marsupialis.