Thai Bees that drink Human Tears!
Bees in Thailand have been reported to drink human tears! Ridiculous, no bee will be landing near my eye anytime soon though. – link
..workers drank lachrymation (tears) from human eyes in more than 262 naturally-occurred cases at 10 sites in N and S Thailand during all months of the year. A few visits were also seen to eyes of zebu and dog, indicating a probable broad mammalian host range. On man the bees were relatively gentle visitors, mostly landing on the lower eyelashes from where they imbibed tears for 0.5-2.5 min, often singly but occasionally in congregations of 5-7 specimens per eye.
Tags: drink, human tears, thai bees
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