Horned Toad & Bloody Eyes

Horned Toad Bloody Eyes - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 29th Mar, 2017 - 4:34pm

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Post Date: 5th Aug, 2006 - 4:37pm / Post ID: #

Horned Toad & Bloody Eyes

Horned Toad & Bloody Eyes

Why is it that when a horned toad is angry it squirts blood from its eyes?

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Post Date: 5th Aug, 2006 - 11:24pm / Post ID: #

Horned Toad & Bloody Eyes
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Very weird, I had never heard of this before!

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At least four species of horned lizards (But not all species), coronatum, cornutum, orbiculare and solare, squirt blood from their eyes when attacked, especially by canine predators such as foxes and coyotes. The canine will drop a horned lizard after being squirted and attempt to wipe or shake the blood out of its mouth, clearly suggesting the fluid has a foul taste. According to horned lizard phylogenies, blood squirting behavior has either evolved independently 4 times or it only evolved once and then was lost in subsequent lineages. This behavior is currently being investigated by Dr. Wade C. Sherbrooke, Director of the Portal Research Station of the American Museum of Natural History.


The rest of the article is interesting if you are interested in horned lizards. But the blood thing is rather gross lSource

29th Mar, 2017 - 4:34pm / Post ID: #

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Maybe its something that didn't properly evolve or maybe its a defense mechanism to say its already dead so leave it alone. Its a weird one that's for sure.




 
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