# Would It Be Possible To Have Three Eyes?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 7, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678 "2003-07-07T01:28:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678/21 "2003-07-07T16:30:22Z")

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Well apparently you can be born with [four eyes and two mouths.](http://web.mid-day.com/news/world/2003/june/55464.htm)

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678/22 "2003-07-07T17:12:29Z")

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Three eyes are possible as well. I have no idea if any or all would be functional.

[http://www.bhopal.net/presscoverage/lancet/disastercontinues.html](http://www.bhopal.net/presscoverage/lancet/disastercontinues.html)

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> “Children are being born with deformities like cleft palate, **three eyes** , all fingers joined, one extra finger, one testicle, different skull shapes, and Down’s syndrome”, says N Ganesh, a researcher at the Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (JNCHRC).

In reference to birth defects in Bhopal, India (originally published in _The Lancet_).

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678/23 "2003-07-07T19:09:58Z")

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My Mom had a pair of eyes in the back of her head.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678/24 "2003-07-07T19:20:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by yabob \*  
> \*\*The Groaci would point out that we are lowly creatures unaware of the subtelties of trinocular, quadrocular and other higher orders of vision, of course … \*\*

Now, Retief, that’s not a very diplomatic thing to say. We are differently-optically-abled.

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**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-three-eyes/186678/25 "2003-07-07T20:31:09Z")

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I’m completely blind in the right eye from birth. The nerve endings didn’t connect according to an optometrist my parents went to.

It doesn’t affect me much for everyday things but depth perception intensive things like baseball are not things I’m good at, plus I have to turn my head a lot more.

Overall my brain just adapted to one good eye I think.

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