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Why Crocodiles Shed Tears When They Eat (2016x129)

Date de diffusion: Jun 27, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Di“” around their eyes. Vliets conclusion was that the production of so many tears is the result of the hisses and huffs the animals make while devouring their prey. This feeding behavior forces air through the sinuses and stimulates the lacrimal gland to produce excessive tears. Some of the air escaping also produces the frothing and bubbling they witnessed. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/07/crocodiles-really-do-shed-tears-when-they-eat/ Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770980/?tool=pubmed http://animal.discovery.com/tv/a-list/creature-countdowns/myths/myths-09.htmsyl http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071010-crocodile-tears.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071003151131.htm http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=6751668&page=1#.T-x-u8V2OS0 http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398156-girl-who-cries-while-urinating-stumps-doctors?lite http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2390/do-crocodiles-shed-tears-revisited http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000440/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Crocodylus_porosus.jpg