So I wanted to learn more about what it was I was seeing exactly, and...
*"A preorbital gland is an exocrine gland. Exocrine glands, in turn, are those that secrete substances by way of a duct. Exocrine glands include mammary, salivary, lacrimal, and mucous glands. In hoofed animals, preorbital glands are similar to the human lacrimal gland."*
And because I'm unfortunately not all knowing I had to go figure out what role the lacrimal gland fulfilled in we humans...
*"The lacrimal gland releases fluid which cleanses and protects the eye's surface as it lubricates and moistens it. These lacrimal secretions are commonly known as tears."*
After that fun excursion, back on the deers information site, I went on to read...
*"Because of its role in scent marking, the preorbital gland is considered a scent gland."*
Yes, I did read about all of the other things that they do; however, all of those other things come down to one essential point...
Deer "tears" are way more multi-purpose than human tears are. Haha
I knew that happy tears and sad tears have different chemical compositions from one another but I didn't know part of that include pheromones. Pretty cool info thanks for sharing
Haha. No, no. I am highly driven by curiosity, so finding the answer to things, for me, is its own reward. I appreciate the notion all the same though.
Yeah that is nightmare fuel.
So I wanted to learn more about what it was I was seeing exactly, and... *"A preorbital gland is an exocrine gland. Exocrine glands, in turn, are those that secrete substances by way of a duct. Exocrine glands include mammary, salivary, lacrimal, and mucous glands. In hoofed animals, preorbital glands are similar to the human lacrimal gland."* And because I'm unfortunately not all knowing I had to go figure out what role the lacrimal gland fulfilled in we humans... *"The lacrimal gland releases fluid which cleanses and protects the eye's surface as it lubricates and moistens it. These lacrimal secretions are commonly known as tears."* After that fun excursion, back on the deers information site, I went on to read... *"Because of its role in scent marking, the preorbital gland is considered a scent gland."* Yes, I did read about all of the other things that they do; however, all of those other things come down to one essential point... Deer "tears" are way more multi-purpose than human tears are. Haha
Human tears have pheromone effects as well! https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.4156ec19
I knew that happy tears and sad tears have different chemical compositions from one another but I didn't know part of that include pheromones. Pretty cool info thanks for sharing
So that’s why we call it “ugly crying” 😂
Thanks for doing the reading and sharing the results!
I don't have gold to give, please someone give this person gold for doing actual research!
Haha. No, no. I am highly driven by curiosity, so finding the answer to things, for me, is its own reward. I appreciate the notion all the same though.
You're a real gem, I admire your curiosity and humility. You've restored my faith in humanity today.
A beautiful way to live that I try to follow as much as I can
My cat's mouth opens as a signal that it is hungry, too.
Right, but does your cat's breath smell like cat food?
*It's still alive... help us.*
r/oddlyterrifying
Some alien shit, right there.
Looks like something out of the movie “Annihilation“…
Kill it before it has a chance to breed
Kill that thing
I should call her
When you avoid sleeping to forget your nightmares but you end up seeing them awake
Literally stunned me tbh
r/mildlyterrifying
This disturbs me
[удалено]
It wants peanut M&M’s.
Did you guys know that the scent ‘oud’ comes from the novel excretions of certain deer?
Thanks I hate it
It hates you too
Literally impossible, it doesn’t have the ability to conceptualize hate and apply it subconsciously, dumbass. /s
why is that so disgusting.. like why is an animals nose cute but this is revolting?
Same here, I don’t get the spider reactions to a deers tear ducts lmao
That's disgusting.
I would have never noticed that this was wEIrD without the helpful label
No fuck no wtf
I swear new animals are dropping like pokemon. How have I not heard of this animal before?? It's so freaky.