Why are my text message pictures coming in as a video ?

[AC Question]

i CAN NOT OPEN THEM UP TO VIEW DETAILS IN THE PICTURE/TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT DETAILS IN PICTURE.

 

[Rukbat]

Is it a video or is it a picture file? In any event, you have to open t in an app that handles that kind of file. Text messaging apps only handle text. (A "picture" in a text is just a link to the picture file that's sitting on a server.)