Playing dead can discourage predators from attacking.

装死能够阻止猎食者的进攻。

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One of their biggest enemies is the shark. Dolphins often escape1 sharks by playing dead.

鲨鱼是海豚最大的敌人之一，而海豚经常靠装死来躲避鲨鱼的猎捕。

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If it is determined that fight is not possible, flight or its variant, playing dead, will be set into motion.

如果判定对抗是不可能的，那就选择逃跑或是逃跑的其他花样，装死。

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So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

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It's the surviving members of the Grateful Dead playing Dead music, which always attracts a crowd.

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Mr Thompson's mother, Susan Johnson, survived Saturday's shootings by playing dead after she was shot.

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Even as the sun came out Friday afternoon, the wind continued and was especially a factor on the 18th, playing dead into the breeze.

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