I checked this out and it's true. But it's also so gosh darn cute.
"Butterflies drink the tears of Caiman Crocodiles in the Amazon basin. They do this for the salt which is a precious electrolyte for their nervous system and hard to come by so far from the ocean."
These links explain it:
[smithsonianmag.com]
[blog.nationalgeographic.org]
They look so...happy.
That’s what we all need, somebody who would drink our tears and make us smile.
Gives new meaning to Crocodile tears. Nature has so many surprises.
I saw something amazing last night and it is just another weird (to us) part of nature. Pyrosomes
BTW, I saw this and couldn't resist (it's cute, though). lol
looks a bit like a discarded plastic bag
@Moravian That's what I thought. But it is actually a colony of animals. [en.wikipedia.org]
Crocodile Tears - The Thirst Mutilator!
It’s got electrolytes.