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are larger snakes better "listeners"
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by fizzbob7 on July 6, 2005
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does a larger snake have a better ability to "hear" than a smaller snakes.....the larger jawbone would seem to be able to pick up smaller vibrations wouldn't it....
my big female edb just seems REALLY sensitive to vibration whereas the others don't mind it at all.....don't seem to sense it
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by ALA_herp31 on July 6, 2005
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It would seem that way, the larger the surface touching the ground, makes one think it would be true. I think it possible that larger Snakes could sense vibrations from a larger distance. I have come up on small Colubrids “such as Corn Snakes” that never acted jumpy until I was on top of them, but the larger ones seem to sense me coming from a mile away. I would be fascinating to know that a Snakes size makes a deference in their ability to sense danger..............Be safe ya’ll, happy herping Wally
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by timberrattlesnake89 on July 7, 2005
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I would think yes that might have something to do with it. I know some big rattlesnakes that when you even walk in the room they become very defensive. BUt that could easily be a factor. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on this.
Phillip
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by GREGLONGHURST on July 7, 2005
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A large EDB pretty much proved to me many years ago that they can hear airborne sounds. The snake was caged in a wood box without glass front. When I entered the room, the snake would rattle. I'd give him time to settle down, & without moving, I would speak. The snake would begin rattling. Every time I spoke.
~~Greg~~
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by fizzbob7 on July 7, 2005
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i've also thought the same thing ^^^^^^
i just got my big female monday......so i've kept the cage covered so that she could see nothing or smell anything.......yet, when i walk VERY SOFTLY (no foot step noise at all or any "shaking" of the house or anything like that) within 10 ft of the cage and talk normally (my voice is not very deep, average i'd say), she goes off....she can't see me, doubt she can smell me 10 ft away in a completely covered cage, and she HAS to hear or she is so freaking sensitive to minute vibrations that she's super-reptilian......
she has to be able to hear muffled sounds at least...maybe like when you cover your ears, you can still hear lower tones.......
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by ALA_herp31 on July 7, 2005
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Greg, that is proof enough to satisfy anybody. It is truly fascinating how a Snake is not supposed to be able to hear Air Born Sound, yet we see Snakes of large size do so. I wonder if the same size and sound thing could be a factor between a Small and Large Snake of the same Species? Seems to me it would work the same as say between EDBs and Pygmies. Just a thought, but who knows huu?.................Be safe ya’ll, happy herping Wally
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by fizzbob7 on July 7, 2005
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my smaller edb is not nearly as sensitive to sound.....if he doesn't see you or feel a big vibration like me jumping, then he doesn't notice a thing
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RE: Her it is in writing..
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by GREGLONGHURST on July 9, 2005
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I am not sure that a snake's size is the key, but I cannot rule that out. This reference is from "Snakes of the American West" by Charles E. Shaw & Sheldon Campbell, page 19. More discussion not cited here carries on to page 20.
"Most books on snakes have stated that snakes cannot hear airborne sounds. This theory was based on the fact that snakes lack external eardrums & middle ears, although they do have inner ears. But through recent experiments involving the implanting of electrodes in the midbrain of snakes, Howard W. Campbell & Peter Hartline (1969) proved beyond all doubt that airborne sound frequencies are received in a snake's brain."
So, there you go, guys..it's not just me who has come to this conclusion..or y'all either.
Stay safe! ~~Greg~~
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