• Question: why can i vibrate my eyes left and right ?

    Asked by sammy1 to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Do you mean how do we turn our eyes? There are muscles all around the eye and at the back of the socket that move the eyeball around so that the bit that sees can point in the right directionl

    • Photo: Ben Smart

      Ben Smart answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      You can move your eyes because there are muscles in your head that move your eyes about. If you can move your eyes side-to-side really fast (a lot faster than anyone else) so that it looks like your eyes are vibrating, then that is something to do with you genes (genetics). It’s something you’re born with. Only a few people can do it (I’m one of those people too!).

      As for why we were born with this ability, I have no idea. I think it just means we have very good eye muscles!

    • Photo: Clare Burrage

      Clare Burrage answered on 18 Mar 2012:

      We can move our eyes because it’s means you can see a bigger area with out having to move your body. This will have been very useful in the past for hunting and spotting predators and so gave us an evolutionary advantage.

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