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why dont geckos have eyelids2007-11-24 2:05:01

I know there's the eyelid gecko, but what about the rest?

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I think its because they are a preditory animal and stalk their pray (insects).

If you have ever seen one they change colours slightly to blend in with their surroundings and stand so still you dont know they are there, so if they had eyelids and blinked it would cause them to move and be seen.

I think they have a clear membrane over their eyes and clean their eyes with their tounges.

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The same reason why some people have brown eyes, and others have blue eyes.Differences in species and heredity.

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they do you just cant see them

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Because they were born that way.

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Because they don't need the blinking things!

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They have evolved the long licky tongue as an adaptation that proved successful

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My leopard gecko has eyelids. and if i wink at him he winks back. he is ten years old so i have had a while to train him lol.

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because they have eye lenses.just the weay they evolved

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Gecko is a very large group of reptile and some groups of reptiles do have eyelids, some don't!

Those that don't typically have a clear membrane which acts as an eyelid in that it protects the eye, and they can lick it clean, rather than blinking it.