Do eyeballs grow with age?
** Definitive ** Name: Tim, Wimbledon Qualification: Studied human biology (but am now a cabbie). Answer: The eyeball is the only organism which does not grow from birth. It is fully grown when you are born. When you look at a baby’s face, so see mostly iris and little white. As the baby grows, you get to see more and more of the eyeball. (James O’Brien: I’m not having it. Your answer is based on nothing!) ** Definitive ** Name: Tony, Chadwell Heath Qualification: Retinal photographer for the NHS Answer: The surgeon cabbie was right! Eyeballs are the same size when you’re born as when you die. ** Challenging the definitive! ** Name: Caddas, Hounslow Qualification: Surgeon Answer: The eyeballs grow very slowly as a baby, then even slower as an adolescent, then stop growing completely when you are about 16. They don’t grow much… but they do grow. (James O’Brien: Now I don’t know what to think.
