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Flying Blood!

  • July 19, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Some short-horned lizards, or horned toads, shoot blood out of their eyes to ward off dogs, coyotes, and other canine predators. They actually increase the blood pressure in their heads, burst tiny vessels around their eyes, and blast blood up to five feet away!

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