How does a snake listen?

Answer 1

Snakes don't actually have external ears - they pick up sound by picking up vibrations from there tongue and there body. Some species of snakes have better senses than others.

= i think snakes don't use tongue to hear but to taste the air using the Jacobson's organ at the roof of it's mouth.

snakes hear low frequency sounds using it's body.

Answer 2

In the conventional sense of hearing, snakes cannot hear at all. They cannot perceive sound traveling through the air as they do not have ears. However, they can perceive vibrations in the ground through their bones and particularly their jaws. This sense can be very acute.

Answer 3

yes they do they pick up vibrations by by there skins and bones as well as they can hear.

Answer 4

well... yes they do as they can not hear because they have no ears but they hear through vibrations i think..

Answer 5

Snakes don't have ears and cannot hear airborne sound. However they can perceive vibration in the ground through their jaws.

Answer 6

Although pythons lack an external ear or ear drum, their skin and bones pick up vibrations and transmit them to a functional inner ear.