Can snakes enter the house if you play the flute? This article will give you the answer to the question of whether playing a flute can attract snakes!
Have you ever seen a snake catcher playing a flute or a pungi and a snake shaking its head to the tune of the pungi? This is a common scene seen on the streets of small towns in India or in movies. But can snakes really hear sounds?
Snakes do not have external ears and therefore cannot hear the way we hear sounds. Now the question is, how do they bob their heads to the tune?
Snakes are “both blind and deaf”
In fact, although snakes' eyes look big, round and bright, they actually have very poor eyesight and can even be compared to being blind. Snakes have a very difficult time seeing things, they can only see up to a few centimeters and distinguish objects that are moving close. Therefore, snakes “see” everything through the skin on the outside of their body by sensing vibrations on the ground.
In addition, snakes do not have external ears, so they cannot hear sound waves from the air. But snakes can sense ground sound waves with frequency cycles from 100-700/second. This sound wave then travels through the ulna of the ear to the inner ear. Therefore, even though it cannot hear sounds in the air, snakes can sense footsteps from up to 50 meters away.
In short:
Snakes have a hearing organ inside their head, connected to their jawbone. This is called a degenerative (undeveloped or immature) organ. Snakes can detect vibrations of any sound using this hearing organ. A snake's jawbone can move up, down, left and right independently. When they crawl on the ground, they can detect the location or direction of sounds, such as tapping feet, by jaw movements.
Furthermore, they have sensory nerves all over their skin and they are connected to their spinal cord. They are called mechanoreceptors. These nerves are very sensitive. These nerves help snakes feel sound vibrations.
