Crazy Things

Throughout the world, some animals have incredible abilities that they can do. They use these abilities for many important uses such as scaring away a predator. The first example of a crazy thing an animal can do is the thorny devil. Not only it is covered in spikes, but this is the only lizard that can shoot bright red blood from its eyes. It uses the spikes to camouflage itself, not to hurt. When it is scared, that's when it squirts blood from the eyes. The predator will be surprised and leave it alone. The red spitting cobra does a similar thing. But it doesn't shoot anything from its eyes, but it does shoot dangerous venom from its teeth. It attacks by shooting this venom out at prey. This will blind the prey, allowing the cobra to more easily kill and eat the prey. These are crazy things, thats for sure!

By Tessa Sagner