2006-10-12 14:37:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
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Now the answer;
No snakes do not close there eyes when they sleep, they have no eyelids. They do however have a ocular scale called the brille (eyecap - you can see it when your snake sheds). This brille offers some of the functions of the eyelid. It keeps the eyes moist, protects them etc. The brille is formed during the embrio stage when the upper and lower "eyelid" joins together. When the snake hatches its eyecap is fully formed and it goes through life without ever closing it's eyes.
2006-10-12 18:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Caveman 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
No -- snakes cannot close their eyes, because do not have eyelids like mammals do. The outer covering of a snake's eye is clear, and it is part of the skin that they shed every few weeks. You can see them on the skins that my daughter's corn snakes shed -- it's a perfect little translucent inside-out, hollow snake. Very cool.
2006-10-12 14:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by Scott F 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, snakes have no eyelids. Lizards, aside from most geckos, have eyelids and do close their eyes to sleep.
2006-10-13 02:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by fish lips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Snakes cannot close their eyes.
2006-10-12 15:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by twistedmouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Snakes do not have eyelids, they have a clear protective scale over their eye that they shed like all their other scales.
2006-10-12 14:41:41 · answer #5 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no because snakes do not have eyelids so the just go into a dark space
2006-10-13 02:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by ani marie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Fish. The dolphin sleeps with one eye open for risk and one eye closed, if that helps. It rests a million/2 of it innovations mutually as to different a million/2 is working. exciting isn't it?
2016-11-28 02:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
snakes cannot close their eyelids, this is true, because they have none, they can however close their pupils completely, and do this a lot while sleeping.
2006-10-12 14:45:56 · answer #8 · answered by drgnldy129927 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they have inner eye lids, so they do close them but the outer one they don't. it is weird when you look at them and you think that they are looking at you but they really sleeping. so yes they close them.
2006-10-12 16:55:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had that same question i reaserched it and they do not have eye lides
2006-10-12 14:46:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋