>>where excatly is this "eye". I see a very very very tiny black dot on my dragons head but never really noticed it before this post. is that the third eye? let me know!



The third eye is a "bump" right in the very center of his head, equi-distant from his primary eyes, and bisecting the "line" from the center of the snout to the nape of the neck. This "eye" as it were is below the skin, and can sense changes in UVa and UVb lighting from tenths to possibly hundredths of a degree. So, if something cuts across his "field of view" above him, he will react to it as if his normal eyes actually saw movement. With it, he can reposition himself during bright sunny days to get the most angle of light he can. Hope this helps.
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• do beardies have a third eye? - pacman101, Thu Dec 25 15:38:51 2003
• RE: do beardies have a third eye? - NorwegianDragon, Thu Dec 25 17:43:27 2003
• RE: do beardies have a third eye? - pacman101, Thu Dec 25 19:00:30 2003
• RE: do beardies have a third eye? - figuerres, Thu Dec 25 19:45:11 2003
• they see with it uvb/uva rays... - B22, Fri Dec 26 09:20:11 2003
• RE: they see with it uvb/uva rays... - kdollva, Fri Dec 26 21:26:03 2003
• RE: they see with it uvb/uva rays... - dragonlord69, Mon Dec 29 17:31:12 2003