They may not have ears, but a new study suggests snakes have surprising sensitive hearing and may even be able to hear human voices.
The king Cobra named 'Sir Vaas' and later renamed 'Houdini' is back in his terrarium at Skansen Zoo after being on the run for a week, in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 31, 2022. Researchers from Australia's Queensland University looked into how various species of snakes responded to sound.
Different types of frequencies were also tested, including a low frequency sound in the range of 1 to 150 Hz that would make the ground vibrate, a mid-frequency sound in the range of 150 to 300 Hz, and a high frequency sound between 300 and 450 Hz. "Woma pythons are large nocturnal snakes with fewer predators than smaller species and probably don’t need to be as cautious, so they tended to approach sound,” Zdenek said.
"Taipans may have to worry about raptor predators and they also actively pursue their prey, so their senses seem to be much more sensitive,” Zdenek added.
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