Snakes can hear, community spotlights needed, feedback needed, and a Spotted Python quick reference.

One of the many things I get all the time is “snakes can’t hear”, and anyone who has been around snakes knows that isn’t true.

They may not hear the same way we do, but they react to sound. Snakes have the same internal ear structures as other animals, even though they don’t have an external ear. It turns out they may hear better than I even realized!

Popular Science had a great article on some research into how they react to sound. The link to the original study didn’t work, but it was still a great article.

I have been sharing a lot of news and data about the industry lately, mainly because that is the research I was doing already.

It is really interesting to me but I want to make sure it is what you want to see. So do you like that sort of stuff or do you want more information directly related to keeping and breeding?

Here are the categories I plan on having in this section:

Which category(s) do you prefer? Let me know with a reply or a comment below!

Since I did a more compact quick reference guide for the Hognose, I figured I would do one for Spotted Pythons also.

Save, share, and use it to keep your herps happy! The full guide is still up, and I’m still planning on refining it after the case study.🤓

A bunch of stuff for some of the more common species will also be coming, but Spotted Python resources are a big focus over the next month!

I am traveling for work and will take a break from this newsletter next week. If something is going to your inbox it should be packed with awesome, so I’ll make sure I make it awesome by spending extra time on the next one!

Until then, herp on!

Will