Do insects "play dead"? Because I just encountered an ant that did. I was in my kitchen, waiting for my dinner to finish nuking when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked and there was a small, black...something on the counter. I leaned in for a closer look and there was a tiny ant lying on it's back, legs up in the air. I set my glass down and turned to get a napkin to pick it up with when then thing just flipped over and took off running! Crazy bugger! So I quickly pounced and terminated the crafty thing. I will not be outsmarted by an ant!