Answer:
Squirting blood from its eyes
Explanation:
The Texas horned lizard is a small lizard that is a prey animal to numerous animals, be it hawks, bobcats, coyotes, even mice. This has made this lizard to go to extremes when it comes to defense mechanisms. Its most famous defense mechanism is the squirting of blood with terrible taste through its eyes. It usually targets the mouth of the predator, and the predator gets confused and tries to shake off and whip its mouth, giving the lizard enough time to run to safety. The Texas horned lizard doesn't use this tactic always though, but only for certain predators, mostly the canids like the coyote and felids like the bobcat. This lizard has many more defense mechanisms and it uses them specifically for certain types of predators. It has excellent camouflage, often having the same color as objects that can not be eaten, it has spikes on its upper body and on its sides. It is able to run away from slower predators, to puff up or to stretch its ribs in order to not be swallowed, can stand still for very long time. All in all, this tiny creature is a master of defense mechanism.
