Let her bite me?

[SnakeAround]

You convinced me, cool idea that they can hear!

 

[EsotericForest]

You're correct that they do hear airborne sounds and they hear best in low frequencies. However, they can hear the human voice, as well. http://www.anapsid.org/reptilehearing.html is an interesting article about herp hearing, though not limited to snakes. It makes the point that snakes' hearing is superior to cats' hearing at the 200-300 Hz frequency spectrum.

Humans have a wide vocal spectrum. Any human speech produces multiple frequencies simultaneously. That said, the vocal range of the speaking voice of most adult male humans has a fundamental frequency range of 85-180 Hz. The average adult female speech runs from 165-255 Hz. Quoting the above cited article, "most snakes can hear a person speaking in a normal tone of voice in a quiet room at a distance of about 10 feet (3 m). So, if you think your snakes recognize their names, you are probably right."

Pretty cool, huh?

Wow, that is pretty cool...going to have to write this down as a reminder

 

[bondoron]

Just reach in and grab the snake. Don't go slow and don't think about it. It is a corn, the majority of the time they won't even draw blood. Even when they do draw blood it is only a drop or two. When you do get bit though don't jerk your hand away or you might hurt the snake.

 

[Dreamsnake]

Of course snakes can hear. How else could could they know what Harry was saying?