Dare to get close enough to a snake of some kind, you'll quickly notice there's no sign of an ear for you to whisper into.
to visual than auditory stimulus, suggesting their hearing simply isn't up to par.
But there's still some indication that hearing is important for the survival of many slitherers, potentially in warning of approaching predators, for example. Using 19 different types of snake including those that wind their way across the dirt, swing in the trees, and slide through water, Zdenek and colleagues tested sounds between 0 and 450 Hertz.explains"It meant we were able to test both types of 'hearing' – tactile hearing through the snakes' belly scales and airborne through their internal ear."
The different groups of snakes responded to the airborne sound differently, but those in the same genus responded similarly. This suggests responses are inheritable, the team explains."Only the woma python tended to move toward sound, while taipans, brown snakes, and especially death adders were all more likely to move away from it,"
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