...the Elephant
Of which we were so lucky (or not so lucky, but that's a story for another day) to see so many of!
The teardrop behind it's eye is a result of a thing called musth, where reproductive hormones of bull elephants grealty increase and cause them to behave more aggressively.
The temporal duct on the side of their heads secretes this thing called temporin, and the word musth is actually derived from a Persian word meaning intoxicated (I think it's a worthy derivation, non?)
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