Did you know snakes are deaf? I just saw it on a documentary, they are totally deaf to sound waves in the air, they can only feel vibrations through their belly. So when you talk to your snake he can't hear you LOL. I actually was wondering about this, I had a skittish snake and was letting him roam around a bit and he ran into some plastic material that made a loud crinkling sound when he ran into it and crawled on it, but he didn't even flinch, like he was totally deaf LOL.