turtle tears

 This yellow spotted river turtle in the western  Amazonian rain forest is being mobbed by butterflies that have come to drink its tears. In a region where salt is rare the turtles  have a plentiful  supply of the vital mineral sodium though their diet  prompting dozens of butterflies to flutter around the reptiles heads for a fortifying  drink if no turtles  are around the butterflies will get their are salt fix from animal ruine or sweaty humans. I leant on turtle on  zoom with my friend. called from book Ripley  believe it or not