It is a posture characterized by the fact that the body is curved back in an inverted "c" shape. It is typical in people affected by tetanus, a bacterial infection that causes muscle spasms. The phenomenon can also occur as a result of strychnine poisoning or by poisoning from ingesting lithium.
Paleontologists also use this name to refer to the way they often find fossilized long-necked and tailed dinosaurs, which was often attributed to muscle spasms at the time the brain stopped working.
In fact, recently, this theory has been disproved by a research group that has shown that, in reality, this position of the fossils is not due to jerky movements, but to a post-mortem movement, during the period of decomposition of the bodies. .
