Elephants Don't Have Tear Ducts - So Why Are They Always ...
Some advocacy groups say elephants are crying because they're sad, but scientists say that elephants don't have tear ducts. If the latter is true, where is that liquid coming from, and why?
Elephants Don't Have Tear Ducts - So Why Are They Always Crying?
2018年9月7日 · Without a lacrimal apparatus, elephants can’t produce emotional tears - the glands that normally get a message from the brain that says ‘hey you should produce sad tears now’ are just straight up non-existent.
Do Elephants Weep as an Emotional Response? - Live Science
2013年9月28日 · A recent news report about a weeping elephant calf leads cognitive ethologist Marc Bekoff to ask what evidence exists for that behavior in the annals of peer-reviewed research.
Do Elephants Weep as an Emotional Response? - Psychology Today
2013年9月16日 · A recent newspaper article called "Elephant tears: Newborn weeps after being parted from mother who tried to kill him" reports about a newborn male elephant who "cried for five...
Here's Why Elephants Always Look Like They're Crying
2022年5月26日 · However, scientists claim that elephants do not actually have tear ducts. They do not have any lacrimal glands (which produce tear fluid) and no mechanism for liquid drainage (which goes into the nose) either. However, they still need some sort of lubrication for their eyes, as do all mammals.
Elephants Don’t Have Tear Ducts – So Why Are They Always ...
2019年8月20日 · The urban myth that elephants can cry, just like humans, lives on. In the article, the author explains why this isn’t anatomically possible and what actually occurs. » more. Note: But elephants are also an exciting and important topic beyond the alleged tears.
Elephants are sensitive and very social, but there is no ...
2014年7月22日 · The conditions in which captive elephants live are not of lesser importance if they do not cry emotional tears. Elephants are sensitive, highly social and intelligent animals.
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