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Snakes have ears.

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CONTESTED
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4 sources for · 2 against

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Is it true that snakes have ears?

Partly. Peer-reviewed reviews and a palaeontological study indicate snakes possess inner ears and can hear, while two reference books state that snakes have no ears or eardrums and are deaf to airborne sound. The sources disagree depending on whether 'ears' means external ears or inner ears.

Verdict: CONTESTED · 4 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 4
The Ears Have It: First Snakes Were Burrowers, Not Swimmers
2013
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Balter, M. (2013). The Ears Have It: First Snakes Were Burrowers, Not Swimmers. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.342.6159.683-a

Evidence against · 2
Snakes of Australia
2025
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Eipper, T. & Eipper, S. (2025). Snakes of Australia. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=ux4aEQAAQBAJ&dq=Snakes+have+ears.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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More for · 3
Sound garden: How snakes respond to airborne and groundborne sounds
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Sound garden: How snakes respond to airborne and groundborne sounds. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281285

Snake bioacoustics: toward a richer understanding of the behavioral ecology of snakes.
2003
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Young, B. A. (2003). Snake bioacoustics: toward a richer understanding of the behavioral ecology of snakes.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1086/377052

Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae)
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Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae). (n.d.). royalsocietypublishing.org. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.172012

More against · 1
Time For Kids: Snakes!
2005
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Kids, E. o. T. F. (2005). Time For Kids: Snakes!. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=hJ8MkWg1su4C&dq=Snakes+have+ears.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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