This Moth Drinks Tears from a Bird's Eye

Ecologist Leandro Moraes of the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Manaus, Brazil, noticed something strange in the Amazon forest. He spotted an erebid moth (Gorgone macarea) on the back of a bird, drinking tears straight from the sleeping bird's eye!

See the video clip over at Science.


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