Ball Python Eyes

My babe has dark colored eyes, so it's hard to really see how his eyes move.

Ive seen one move, but I can't see both at the same time. The majority of animals move their eyes at the same time. Do snakes move their eyes seperately like a chameleon?

As far as I know the chameleon is the only animal that can move the focal point of their eyes in two different directions at once....other than the typical 'cross eye' where you look in towards your own nose (technically you're moving your eyes in two different directions when you do that, one in towards the right one in towards the left...although unless you have a medical condition the eyes will converge in at the same time so it doesn't really count as moving them in two different directions).

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Originally Posted by piedlover79

As far as I know the chameleon is the only animal that can move the focal point of their eyes in two different directions at once....other than the typical 'cross eye' where you look in towards your own nose (technically you're moving your eyes in two different directions when you do that, one in towards the right one in towards the left...although unless you have a medical condition the eyes will converge in at the same time so it doesn't really count as moving them in two different directions).

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Ah. I see.

I got curious and was looking closely at my little beep's eyes and he looked away with one eye, but his other eye seemed to be looking down. Could have just been the light obscuring it though, because at one point I almost thought he had triangle pupils lol!