Andalite stalkeyes

[wildweathel]

Don't, Morf.  We like you all innocent.

[Gaz]

That's actually what I was just thinking. Owls have the ability to do a 180 with their heads, and they've got neck bones in there.

I would imagine the stalks are more made of muscle than bone. Or yeah, something like cartilage. But with that in mind a 180 turn for the eyestalks would be believable.

If she had tried to pass of a 360, I'd be more skeptical. lol.

[Shark Akhrrana]

yeah i agree with the owl neck thing
but i always thought of it as a muscle thing.
I mean stalk eyes can stretch can't remember where its mentioned.
that Aximili stretched his stalk eyes to full length when he is surprised  or something.

[Terenia]

If there are any bones in the stalk eyes they probably act like miniature spinal cords, bending and stretching as necessary(to an extent). I imagine perhaps the base of the stalk eyes have a bit of bone similar to vertebrae and then the rest is supplemented by muscle and/or cartilage. Turning 180 degrees shouldn't be a problem - that exists in our own natural world (as some people mentioned with the owl). And obviously an Andalite brain would be adapted to receiving visual information from four directions at once, at all different angles.

I never imagined them being like "horns". Jenny, I think that what they meant is that they were in the place that horns would be, not that they were stiff like horns. Unless it was a ghost writer that said it. Then they are just stupid.

I too always pictured it as Elfangor on TAC, and Aldrea on HBC.

[ThinkAgain]

I always thought it was one of two things, and I never thought about which one I liked better.

One was that it was similar to a spinal column, as had been said. It would be able to bend in many directions, as well as a large degree of rotation.

Another thought was that they were a muscle similar to the tongue, except longer. This theoretically has more potential, but would be more biologically difficult.

And Broken, I'm pretty sure that the part of the human anatomy you were referring to can't move like that on its own. Correct me if I am wrong, or if you are a special case.

[morfowt]

yeah i agree with the owl neck thing
but i always thought of it as a muscle thing.
I mean stalk eyes can stretch can't remember where its mentioned.
that Aximili stretched his stalk eyes to full length when he is surprised  or something.

uh, by stretch, I don't think it means grow in length. It means rise to full height, like when you stretch your arms. normally the stalk eyes curve a little. when they stretch to full height, they're straight.