The heat pits help them by detecting prey, because there eye sight is not verry
well.
hope this answers your question
-casey
They are heat 'pits' - they detect infra-red heat given off by their (normally live) prey.
Pit vipers, such as rattlesnakes and copperheads, have heat-sensing pits on their lips that allow them to detect prey by body heat alone. These heat-sensitive organs help pit vipers locate warm-blooded animals even in total darkness.
No, only pit vipers, pythons and boas that live in trees have heat seeking capabilities. These animals have special pits around the top of their mouths that sense warmblooded prey. It works a little like infrared technology. Some of these animals can even catch birds in flight. It is amazing. Note that not all pythons and boas have pits. Boa constrictors, for example, don't have pits. Most common snakes you'd find living in the wild in the US do not have pits. Only rattlesnakes and copperheads would have pits.
Actually, they do have heat-pits. However - they're not as visible as in other python species. If you look carefully at pictures of the head of the snake - you will see a small slit-like structure between the eye and the nostril on both sides of the head.
No. Technically no snake has heat vision. However, pit vipers and some pythons have heat sensing pits. This is not a form of vision so much as an entirely new sense. Garter snakes do not have this.
Pythons are ambush preditors that usually rely on their camoflage. They stay motionless until the prey is close enough to be bit and constricted. Pythons use motion and heat signals read through their facial pits to track and aim on prey.
Pythons have sensors on their upper lips, I believe.
pits
Yes, some snakes have specialized heat-sensing organs called pits located between their eyes and nostrils. These pits help them detect infrared radiation, which allows them to hunt and navigate in the dark.
They see heat levels.
Snakes
Pythons lay eggs, boas give live birth. They differ in a lot of other ways as well, including size (pythons are generally bigger), scale pattern and facial features. Pythons sense heat through "pits" along the side of their nose, while boas have heat sensory scales. To name a few.