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The eyelids of all snakes are non-existent ! Instead, they have a clear scale (the 'brille') which covers the eyeball. Each time a snake sheds, this covering is replaced.
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What is unusual about the eyelids of some snakes?
Actually, snakes don't have eyelids. They have scales that cover their eyes. When they molt, the scales on their eyes are replaced.
What is unusual about eyelids of some snakes?
Actually, snakes don't have eyelids. They have scales that cover their eyes. When they molt, the scales on their eyes are replaced.
Can snakes see though their eyelids?
snakes don't have eyelids!
Do Scheltopusik snakes have eyelids?
Scheltopusik are actually lizards not snakes and they do have eyelids
Which animals has no legs and eyelids?
Most snakes have no eyelids or legs.
Why does snakes close their eyes?
Snakes cannot close their eyes - they have no eyelids.
Why don't snakes have eyelids?
There is a hypothesis as to why snakes do not have eyelids. Zoologists and scientists claim that the snakes evolved a transparent eyelid because it protects their eyes while they are burrowing. They would imply that snakes originally evolved on land and as burrowers.
Which animals have no eyelids?
Fishes have no eyelids as the water in which they live bathes them.insects
Why don't snakes close their eyes?
Snakes dont have eyelids. They havean immobile, transparent scale over their eyes instead.
What don't snakes close their eyes?
Snakes have no eyelids. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics of snakes. They also have no ears. * Before somebody brings it up, the glass snake has eyelids and ears, but that is because it is not a snake. It is a legless lizard.
Do snakes sleep with its eyes open or closed?
Snakes do not have eyelids, so their eyes are always open.
Does a snake close its eye when hibernating?
snakes do not have eyelids,so no
