3 Surprising Ways Animals Use Saliva

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To humans, drool can seem pretty disgusting, but other animals use saliva in surprising ways. Here are some of the weirdest ways other animals use their spit to survive! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153251/ https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/590961 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153245/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/316751 https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajplegacy.1974.227.2.494?journalCode=ajplegacy http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1071/ZO16080 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/r/red-kangaroo/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0074781&type=printable https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00438.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088663/pdf/PB010729.pdf Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/funny-man-snoring-in-bed-gm956969764-261300910 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/slimy-dog-gm500804277-42919050 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antique-medical-illustration-salivary-glands-gm146004452-6205092 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/jumping-red-kangaroo-gm155154437-18700673 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Red_kangaroo.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/kangaroos-fighting-gm146810450-9920562 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/kangaroos-in-sturt-national-park-gm510855428-86421721 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-kangaroo-portrait-gm489524330-74713505 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/boiling-water-in-the-kettle-v-3-sleomkrgbj2xfxiam https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/scorpion-fly-gm1056650470-282384260 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorpa_communis#/media/File:Skorpionsfliege_Panorpa_communis_male_genital.jpg https://www.videoblocks.com/video/macro-slow-motion-video-of-dripping-chrome-water-tap-against-dark-background-s-leonhsmio8brmkp https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/scorpionfly-gm185714057-28089708 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LinepithemaHumile_1413.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/6287917877 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/ants-working-carrying-food-to-the-nest-macro-shot-sdtqgqv https://www.videoblocks.com/video/bees-hive-slow-motion-rcgf2pbnmjcbi4e78
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