Meet the Butterflies that Drink out of Eyeballs!

In the Amazon, weird phenomena take place—like this one. Butterflies drinkin’ tears.

These are butterflies from the genus Heliconius. They drink out of the eyes of turtles, crocodiles, birds, and HUMANS to get a specific amount of water and salt.

This is actually quite sensible because A) the butterflies are happy and salty and B) the butterflies on the face looks totally savvy.

The most common butterfly species to do this are postmen (Heliconius melpomene), numata longwings (H. numata), zebra heliconians (H. charithonia), and julias (H. julia).