Did you know that original snake ancestor was a nocturnal, stealth-hunting predator, and likely had a pair of tiny hindlimbs with ankles and toes? Or that, despite the lack of any visible external ears, they can hear when you shriek in fear?
From their strange way of slithering about, ability to constrict their prey without suffocating, and the discovery of the elusive snake clitoris – Cosmos journalist Imma Perfetto is squeezing every bit of the science out of snakes in this episode of the podcast Huh? Science Explained.
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Originally published by Cosmos as Fangs, clitorisses, and more! The science of snakes
Imma Perfetto
Imma Perfetto is a science journalist at Cosmos. She has a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Science Communication from the University of Adelaide.
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