Moths drink the tears of sleeping birds – life – 20 December 2006 – New Scientist

http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10826




A species of moth drinks tears from the eyes of sleeping birds using a fearsome proboscis shaped like a harpoon, scientists have revealed. The new discovery – spied in Madagascar – is the first time moths have been seen feeding on the tears of birds.