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In Tamil(south Indian language)literarure mention is made that a heavy thunder frightens a cobra.Is it true?
We know snakes have no ears. Then how is it possible?
BY thunder i mean only sound from the thunder.Associated lightning can clearly be seen only in the night and see it in the day only if it is very powerful.Here the mention is made only about summer thunder sound which is very louder.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
yes, i have heard that this is true, they are not completely deaf, but you hear that they are because they cannot hear the snake charmer's flute. they do hear or feel things like thunder and they do react to them.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
This could very well be true, but I'm not sure. Although cobras have no ears, they "hear" by sensing vibrations in the ground. I'm not sure how well they can differentiate vibrations, but I would think that if the thunder was loud enough, the cobra might mistake the vibrations created from the thunder as the vibrations from a predator. In this case, they would be scared not of the thunder, but of what they think the thunder is. Regardless, the thunder would still be what is frightening the cobra.
- 1 decade ago
Thunder compromises of sound and light! If snakes don't have ears, but, they do have eyes!
And, the large sudden spark of bright 'lights' might scare them!....
*Udal manukku, uyir tamilku*