• nialv7@lemmy.world
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    1 day 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.dk
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      7 hours ago

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