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This photograph series by Mark Cowan documents a phenomenon called ‘lachryphagy’ (“tear-feeding”). The caiman excretes salt in their tears & the butterflies need the precious minerals for their metabolism & reproduction.
So, they’re feeding on crocodilian tears.
(📷: Mark Cowan, Curtin Uni.)
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What is that photo in the thread of a turtle-like thing? That’s not a real animal, is it? It looks like a puppet.
Incidentally, beautiful photo, but I’m so brainrotted that when I saw the phrase “feeding on crocodile tears,” I immediately thought of cable news.
It’s a river turtle from South America
Wow, thanks! This is quite a specimen