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The olfactory receptors at the back of the nasal chamber.
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∙ 12y agoSnakes use the tongue to smell.
Snakes use the tongue to smell.
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Which body part does a snake use to listen?
A snake cannot hear. It is deaf. It uses vibration instead. Snakes don't have ear parts on the outside of their heads. But they do have ear parts inside. Sounds travel into the snake's body through muscle to bones in the jaws. These bones are next to the inside ear parts.
What is the use of a snake tongue?
Snakes use their tongue to smell. tongue collect smell particles from air and tongue places the collected particles in a receptor at back of the mouth to analize the smell.
Does snake bite with his teeth and or tongue?
While a snake's forked tongue looks dangerous, it really is not. Snakes actually smell with their tongues. If snakes bite, they use their teeth
Why is the copperhead snake called the copperhead snake?
Its head is colored like copper (the metal they use for pennies and water pipes in homes), and the body of the snake is a different color.
How does snake smell?
A snake doesn't really 'smell' to say the least. They have a special organ in the nasal cavity of their skulls called the Jacobson's Organ. When they flick their tongue out, they use that organ to sense any nearby prey or threat. So in a sense, they 'smell' while they taste the air.
What body part of insects they use to smell?
They use cilia, or the tiny hairs located all over the insects body. They also use their antennae to help them smell and move and to see.
What does a snake use to smell?
A snake uses its forked tongue to collect scents and then flicks them into the Jacobson's organ on the roof of the mouth.
Can butter flies smell?
they use their hairs on their body to smell
Which body part does a snake use to listen?
A snake cannot hear. It is deaf. It uses vibration instead. Snakes don't have ear parts on the outside of their heads. But they do have ear parts inside. Sounds travel into the snake's body through muscle to bones in the jaws. These bones are next to the inside ear parts.
What do snakes use their tongues for?
breathingWrong!The snake's tongue is an olfactory (sense of smell) organ.they smell with them. They stick the tongue out and then move each forked half into pockets in their head. There are sensors in the pockets that act like smelling. That is why their tongues are always going into the air and back into their heads.
What is the use of a snake tongue?
Snakes use their tongue to smell. tongue collect smell particles from air and tongue places the collected particles in a receptor at back of the mouth to analize the smell.
Do snakes constrict dead prey?
AnswerSnakes can not be scavengers as they use heat, smell and movement to find its prey. If they prey is dead and no longer produces the normal body temperature of a live animal, it is "invisible" to the snake.
What are a snake's adaptations in the desert?
Use the environment for their body tempereture
Can flies smelling?
they use their hairs on their body to smell
Does snake bite with his teeth and or tongue?
While a snake's forked tongue looks dangerous, it really is not. Snakes actually smell with their tongues. If snakes bite, they use their teeth
What part of the body goes the snake use in crawling?
Well first of all they slither not crawl and their whole body is a musle and they push them selves along and they do have quite a tough time but they have all developed to do it
What part of the brain use smell?
Frontal Lobe
