Photo: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
A wondrous video filmed by a trail camera in Vermont shows moths drinking the tears of a moose. The remarkable scene was reportedly captured by a device used in a survey project by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. While examining footage from the trail camera, environmental scientist Laurence Clarfeld did a double-take when he noticed moments when a moose eerily appeared to have two sets of eyes. Looking closer at the scenes, Clarfeld quickly deduced that the weird visual was created by the light-loving insects drinking the sizeable animal's tears. What made the discovery particularly noteworthy was that this was the first time the symbiotic behavior, known as lachryphagy, had been seen involving moths and moose.
Check out the footage and find out more on this fascinating story at the Coast to Coast AM website.
