How do snakes detect vibrations through their body?

Through ventral skin receptors to the spine.

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  1. Through their heat pits
  2. Through ventral skin receptors to the spine ✔
  3. Through their forked tongue

Why: One auditory system sends vibrations through ventral skin receptors to the spine.

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Answer: Through ventral skin receptors to the spine. One auditory system sends vibrations through ventral skin receptors to the spine.

  1. Snake en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake
    transmission of vibrations through ventral skin receptors to the spine
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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