# If my eyes got knocked out of their sockets,

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-eyes-got-knocked-out-of-their-sockets/467803>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-eyes-got-knocked-out-of-their-sockets/467803 "2008-10-14T00:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-eyes-got-knocked-out-of-their-sockets/467803/41 "2008-10-16T18:52:36Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Do you have a cite that normal vision would continue?:dubious:

No, I don’t know either way. That’s why I asked. You gave no basis for your conclusions, so I wanted to know what information you were using.

Qadgop, thanks for the link/

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-eyes-got-knocked-out-of-their-sockets/467803/42 "2008-10-17T13:09:07Z")

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> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> Are you saying this is the same for humans?

No, although the basic anatomy/physiology of vision is very similar among the non-human species I work with and I would _expect_ those similarities to be present amongst primates as well.

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