Assertion: opossum | /r/CapableOf | lie on its side
Facets:
value: with mouth
type: MANNER
value: with its eyes
type: MANNER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: during this time
type: TEMPORAL
value: motionless
type: MANNER
value: in this catatonic state
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: It lies on its side, mouth and eyes open, tongue hanging out, emitting a green fluid from its anus whose putrid odor repels predators.
text: While in this catatonic state, the opossum falls on its side and becomes completely limp, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth.
text: When threatened by dogs, foxes, or bobcats, opossums sometimes flop onto their sides and lie on the ground with their eyes closed or staring fixedly into space.
text: If this doesn't stop the predator from attacking, the opossum will pretend to be dead, falling to his side, curling up and opening his mouth.
text: The possum falls onto its side with open eyes and mouth and expels a stinky fluid from its anus that basically causes it to smell like rotten meat.
text: When threatened, an opossum might fall onto its side and lie stiff and motionless with its eyes closed and tongue hanging out of its mouth.
text: When threatened by a predator or any other large animal, opossums fall to their side and lie on the ground with their eyes fixed and open.
text: Playing dead is a survival technique resulting in a nervous shock reaction causing the opossum to roll onto its side, close its eyes and slow its heartbeat.
text: The opossum will lie down on its side with the mouth open and the tongue out, emitting a putrid odor from the anus.
text: when feeling threatened, an opossum will fall down to its side and sometimes close its eyes or stare fixedly into space and roll out its tongue to appear dead.
text: During this time, the opossum lies on its side, becomes stiff, the eyes glaze over, the opossum drools, the tongue lolls out the side of the mouth, and green anal fluid may be seen.
text: This is actually an involuntary reaction due to shock: the opossum falls onto the ground and lies motionless on its side with its eyes and mouth open, and it awakens when the danger passes.
text: An opossum falls on its side and lies quite still with its body curled.
text: When threatened by dogs, foxes, or bobcats, opossums sometimes flop onto their sides and lie on the ground with their eyes closed or staring fixedly into space.