Crocodile Tears: And thei eten hem wepynge

D. MALCOLM SHANER; KENT A. VLIET

doi:10.1641/B570711

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D. MALCOLM SHANER,^* KENT A. VLIET^*

^*D. Malcolm Shaner (e-mail: dmshaner@ucla.edu) is an associate clinical professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California–Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 6041 Cadillac Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Kent A. Vliet (e-mail: kent. vliet@zoo.ufl.edu) is coordinator of biological sciences and a senior associate in zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32511.

Abstract

Whether crocodiles shed tears while eating has been fodder for fable and controversy for hundreds of years. We present the first unequivocal evidence that crocodilians lacrimate during meals and that they do so in a peculiar fashion.

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D. MALCOLM SHANER and KENT A. VLIET "Crocodile Tears: And thei eten hem wepynge," BioScience 57(7), 615-617, (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1641/B570711

Published: 1 July 2007