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Texas myth #319.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-MAY-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Texas myth #319.(Encyclopedia Texanica)

Article Excerpt
THE HORNY TOAD CAN SQUIRT BLOOD FROM ITS EYES. Good horror-film premise, huh? Especially because it's true-sort of. However, our state reptile can't scuttle about emitting such opti-spurts just for fun. The ability is a last-ditch defense mechanism that kicks in only when the little lizard feels in mortal danger. Then its blood pressure rises so rapidly that gouts of gore burst through membranes in the corners of its eyes, spraying several feet and, ideally,...

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