very strange eye thing...

[sophie]

I have a one-eyed yoyo - it's definitely one-eyed rather than wall-eyed; it lost the eye in an accident I was amazed it survived.

I witnessed the hole close-up. It was definitely a hole. This fish has taken to resting wedged between a piece of bogwood and the glass, blind side outwards and today I've realised that where the hole was is now a slightly milky, vaguely clear, ball-shape. Looks like nothing on earth so much as a translucent eyeball. Sticks out like an eyeball, moves like an eyeball. No colour, but it's not solid white as you'd expect if it were damaged. never seen anything quite like it. very weird.

this isn;t like Shari's plec's shrinking eyes; the eyeball definitely fell out - and even if it hadn't I don't see how it could become nearly transparent. nor do I really believe that the fish could grow its own glass eye...

any ideas?
all will be welcomed with open arms...

[sully]

not specifically on target. but there is a lot of "stuff" out there about fish and organ regeneration. This link was in one of the random files i keep.

http://www.cellscience.com/reviews2/Org ... ement.html

ok--not alabama! Michigan?

[sophie]

I will definitely read thta when I am a little less sleepy and it makes sense!
thank you, much appreciated. I'll look further, as well.

(west midlands, UK...)