Axle Blinked!

I was just sitting beside my tank watching my three lil axies swiming around, when i noticed my albino axie axle appeared to blink! what seemed to be an eyelid came up from the bottom then retracted... any ideas or maybe a trick of the water & light?

Regards Eastern_axle

ha ha this also happened to me ages ago and i almost fell off my chair cause i thought something was wrong. they appear to be blinking but are not but i cant remember what it was exactly, perfectly normal and my axies do it all the time mostly when they are eating

Good to know i haven't just been staring at a fish tank too long... he he he, sure we all know that feeling! it's great that the little critters still manage to intrigue and amaze me & others i'm sure!

Regards Eastern_axle

All amphibians retract their eyes to help them swallow their food. It's much more obvious with frogs etc. 'cause they've got massive eyes.

Yup, Spyyk retracts her eyes occasionally - it's very funny.
It looks like her skull is dragging them in when she's trying to swallow a huge frozen cube whole... (silly animal!)

mine did it too when they ate worms

I think its awesome, my axie Frilly (unfortunately named male) swallows his food with one eye, I think its quite cute and a little weird but mostly cute lol. But yeah its definitely natural, no tricks!

It's funny then that so many writtings and books say they can't blink and dont have eyelids! i think it's V cute as well!

Regards Eastern_axle