How come our tears taste salty but don’t hurt our eyes but actual saltwater (like in the ocean) does?

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How come our tears taste salty but don’t hurt our eyes but actual saltwater (like in the ocean) does?

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Its a question of concentration. The sea is saltier. Whenever you get a gradient in salt like this water moves from one side to the other to try and balance out. Very bad for living tissue and leads to things like salt preservation of fish/meat/veg and saltwater/freshwater species of marine life

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