Certain lizards can squirt blood from their eyes to deter predators.
Why it is true
When threatened by canines like coyotes or foxes, horned lizards increase blood pressure in their head and rupture small vessels in the corners of their eyes, projecting blood over a metre away.
Source: Herpetology Journal
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