Isn't it funny how we do different things depending on who taught us?

I personaly have never poked anything in the eye besides my brother. And as far as kicking them in the rear, thats my brothers typical response to me poking him in the eye!

If the animals eyes are glazed over, its obvious that it dead. The other sure fire way of knowing is to hold their head under water for about 2 minutes, if they don't start flopping around they are dead!