A cockroach drinks its predator's tearsSourced
The lizard could eat the cockroach.
At night, the cockroach drinks its tears.
In the Amazon, researchers observed cockroaches feeding on tears from anole lizards, their natural predators. They approach at night while the lizards rest, apparently reducing the risk of being eaten. Nutrients in the tears may be the attraction.
Even a predator
can become a source of food.
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