Insect climbs on a reptile that would drink it with tears. Bashny.Net

Butterfly sitting on the head of the yellow-spotted turtle - not a rare sight to the west of the Amazon rainforest. Insect climbs on a reptile that would drink it with tears.

Says Phil Torres (Phil Torres), a scientist from the Tambopata Research Center - "probably attract butterflies turtles tears, because the liquid droplets contain salts, particularly sodium - an important element, which is very poorly represented in the valley of the western Amazon»

This phenomenon took photographer Jeff Kramer.





Unlike butterflies turtles are able to get enough sodium due carnivorous lifestyle. In the meat contains a significant amount of salt