Are snakes blind?

Question

(Are some snakes blind?)

Answer 1

Sort of, they have very poor eyesight but they can detect movement, which is why you have to stand still when a snake comes near you cos it looses track of where you went.

Snakes smell with their tounges and can also detect vibration in the ground with their bodies.

Answer 2

NO snakes are not blind. Not all of them anyway. Some have very good eyesight, some are blind, and most are in between. For a majority of snakes sight isn't the sense they rely on the most, their most developed senses are that of taste/smell, and they sense vibrations very well, but it certainly does not mean that they are all blind.

Also, snakes do NOT really smell with their tongues. It's more accurate to say that they are tasting the air. They have a highly developed Jacobson's organ, and the sense is somewhat in between smelling and tasting. Have you ever smelled something and been able to actually taste it? It's similar, snakes (and other reptiles) have just taken it to the next level.

Answer 3

Snakes are blind, It's a proven fact. They are able to feel where they are going with their tongue. Their sense of smell is also in their tongue, that goes with a lot of other reptiles, even though they have nostrils, they smell with their tonge. Don't listen to these people on here that said snakes aren't blind. I have owned two snakes in my life and both were very aggressive and that's how I was able to handle them, I treated them like they were blind.

Answer 4

There are certain snakes that are blind, but the majority have more than adequate eyesight. These snakes react extremely well to movement & have many other faculties that aid them in locating food & avoiding potential threats. I have a Timber rattlesnake that reacts as soon as you enter the room. His head pops up & he will start buzzing his tail as soon as you make a move towards his enclosure. He follows your movements with his head,& since he's behind glass, he's unable to use his thermal tracking, which , to me , suggests that his vision is very attuned to movement.

Answer 5

Yes, some snakes are blind, and no snake sees very well when they are about to shed.

Answer 6

there are about 50 species of blind snakes in North America, and they are not harmful. they eat mainly insects and burrow into the ground

Answer 7

snakes have poor eyesight and mainly hunt at dusk a snake sees its prey asif you were looking through a thermal imaging camera

Answer 8

OL i find some of these answers funny.sorry.snakes se heat just like if you were to look through thremal goggles.the feel vibrations with their bodies and taste diffrent Oder's in the air with their toungs.

Answer 9

They can see great- just not with their eyes. they have a heat sensor on their snout to sense body heat of animals, and they can sense vibrations on the ground from a mile away.

Answer 10

Yes that is why they stick out their tongues so rapidly to guide them and to sense where food is at.