• nialv7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    8 个月前

    no no no, they also gets oxygen supply from the back of your eyelids (and also oxygen dissolved in you tears). otherwise you’d have to keep your eyes open when you sleep.

    edit: to correct inaccurate statements.

    • cute_noker@feddit.dkEnglish
      7·
      8 个月前

      So that’s why we’re not supported to open our eyes under water. Our eyeballs are suffocating!

      • Schmoo@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        8 个月前

        If our eyes can absorb oxygen from tears then they can certainly do so when submerged provided the water is sufficiently oxygenated.

        • cute_noker@feddit.dkEnglish
          2·
          7 个月前

          The body is crazy. But I reckon they could survive for a while without air anyways, right?