Because snakes spend a lot of time on the ground, they do not need, nor have, a good sense of sight. Second, their sense of hearing is quite acute. They lack external ears but do have inner ears that allow them to hear low frequency airborne vibrations. However, they hear more through their jaw. Ground vibrations travel through the python’s body until it reaches the middle ear bone and then is sent to the inner ear. Their sense of touch is also highly developed and allows them to sense the slightest changes in their environment. When a stimulus reaches the snake, the python has the ability to make quick changes in muscular movement during movements since the receptors are sensitive to the slightest shifts in the ground. The python also has the ability to sense the heat of other creatures. Snakes are able to sense changes in temperature through pits that are located in the lips. This aids the predator at night because it can automatically know where its prey is in relation to itself and doesn’t necessarily have to see it.

     However, the snake’s strongest sense is its combined sense of smell and taste. They have adapted their tongues and nostrils to be able to capture scent particles in the air and can transform this stimulus into olfactory information. The vomeronasal organ allows a snake to do this.