Snakes Can Hear You Scream

Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground — what we call "tactile" sensing — but we've puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne sound vibrations, and particularly over how they react to sounds.
In a new paper published in PLOS ONE, we conclude snakes use hearing to help them interpret the world, and finally dispel the myth that snakes are deaf to airborne sound.
Our research, which included 19 different snakes from seven species, reveals that not only do snakes have airborne hearing, but that different species react differently to what they hear.
Snakes Can Hear You Scream, New Study Says