• Question: Why do people produce snot when they cry? Because it's pretty pointless... :/

    Asked by bethdisdel to Steve, Jess, Christina on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Jess Bean

      Jess Bean answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      It’s pretty disgusting too!

      When we cry tears are produced in the tear ducts which then escape by running down your face. What you may not know is that they also escape through a tube that links the inner corner of your eye to the inside of your nose. When you cry tears can travel through this passage and mix with mucus already in your nose. This makes a really runny mucus that comes out of your nose.

    • Photo: Steven Gardner

      Steven Gardner answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      I didn’t know that, thanks Jess

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