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How do snakes slither?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Why Do Snakes Use Heat Vision?

Snakes don't have external ears like a lot of animals do. Have what we call a tympanum, which you can see is kind of like our eardrum. But snakes to day, again, they hae inner ears. And the way that they use them is that inner ear is connected to bones, which ultimately connects to their jaw. That jaw con sense vibrations in the air too, so things like sound waves. Even though they don't have ears, they probably do hear a small range of frequencies.

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