• nialv7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    172·
    10 days ago

    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·
      9 days ago

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

      • Schmoo@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        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 days ago

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