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How do snakes hear without ears?

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Answer:

They don't. They can't really hear so they flick out their tongue to smell.

The above answer is WRONG ! Snakes DO hear. Though they have no external ears, they DO have the remaining components - they pick up vibrations through the ground, which travel along their jaw-bone to the inner ear.

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