As for alternative kinds of ‘choking’: regarding animals, see the concept of a “’coon trap”, sometimes called a “monkey trap”. It’s a specific example of flight-or-fight leading directly to a maladaptive response.
In an inverse of the situation with literal choking, young humans are also vulnerable to it, but adults (usually) aren’t.
As for alternative kinds of ‘choking’: regarding animals, see the concept of a “’coon trap”, sometimes called a “monkey trap”. It’s a specific example of flight-or-fight leading directly to a maladaptive response.
In an inverse of the situation with literal choking, young humans are also vulnerable to it, but adults (usually) aren’t.