How Horned Lizards Squirt Blood from Their Eyes to Scare Predators in a Split Second

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[00:00:00]A desert lizard [music] blasts blood straight from its eyes to scare off hungry foes.

[00:00:04]It hides in dry [music] sandy plains across the southwestern United States and Mexico.

[00:00:09]When a predator approaches, [music] it bursts capillaries around the eye socket. The resulting jet can shoot 2 ft surprising any approaching attacker.

[00:00:17]Yet each [music] spray uses less than a teaspoon of blood, barely noticeable.

[00:00:21]Researchers suspect mucus mixes with the blood creating a slippery shock. How does it steer?