Why do butterflies drink turtle tears? 🐢💧 The behaviour is called mud-puddling, or simply puddling. Groups of butterflies can sometimes be seen, particularly during the hot summer months, seeking out moist areas such as rotting plant matter, mud, dung and even the tears of other animals! By drinking from these unusual fluids the butterflies are able to get the vital nutrients, such as salts and amino acids, that they need to survive. 🎥: Filmed by Phil Torres #SaveButterflies #Wildlife #Nature

This turtle has been extinct in the wild for the last 17 years, but a temple in India has them thriving in a pond 🐢 | BuzzFeed News

Two #Turtles! I grew up with #Proganochelys “before brightness turtle” Baur 1887 as being the oldest known #turtle at ~210 mya. It lacked true teeth, had a sweet shell, and a tail that ended in a club which I absolutely adore! The head couldn’t retract like #cryptodires, nor bend to one side like #pleurodires. It has been found in Europe. More recently, the age of turtles has been pushed back to 230 mya in Asia. I hear about turtles most Thursday nights when I meet with turtle expert McCord. #Me