Detecting snakes has a sixth sense

California state scientists have found that snakes are able to identify heat sources from a distance.

Snake species have the ability to detect heat sources through organs on their heads

They have this ability because of the special organs distributed at the top of the head. This part helps them 'see' the radiation rays emitted from the prey.

According to scientists, this sixth sense is unique to snakes, but no living creatures can.

Scientists also studied the ability to identify the heat source of snakes at the molecular level. Accordingly, snakes have the ability to distinguish objects with temperatures higher than the ambient temperature of only 0.002 ° C.

The results of this study rejected the hypothesis that snakes have the ability to detect heat sources by sight.