This is an Eastern Hognose snake 🐍 displaying its defensive tactic called "death feigning". Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead, feigning death, or playing possum, is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. This form of animal deception is an adaptive behavior also known as tonic immobility or thanatosis. | Topidea

Eastern Hognose Snake showing off one of its common threat displays. Hognose snakes will start off by hissing, that is often times followed by the snake playing dead, in hopes of deterring the predator. | Bob Ferguson's Fascinature