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minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up171·edit-24 days agono 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.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoSo that’s why we’re not supported to open our eyes under water. Our eyeballs are suffocating!
minus-squareSchmoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIf our eyes can absorb oxygen from tears then they can certainly do so when submerged provided the water is sufficiently oxygenated.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThe body is crazy. But I reckon they could survive for a while without air anyways, right?
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.
So that’s why we’re not supported to open our eyes under water. Our eyeballs are suffocating!
If our eyes can absorb oxygen from tears then they can certainly do so when submerged provided the water is sufficiently oxygenated.
The body is crazy. But I reckon they could survive for a while without air anyways, right?