Snakes see and hunt in the dark thanks to a nose which turns heat from prey into a 'thermal image' - Daily Mail

Only certain snakes can hunt in the dark, and they all have the pit organ, including boa constrictors and pythons. .

The researchers believe the pit organ (pictured) is key to allowing snakes to hunt in the dark?

It likely has a pyroelectric material in its inner membrane which creates a thermal map from the body heat of prey.

Only certain snakes can hunt in the dark, and they all have the pit organ, including boa constrictors and pythons.

It would be easily explained if the snakes had a pyroelectric material in their bodies, but they do not.'

They found the pit organ likely acts as an antenna and the cells inside the pit organ membrane have the ability to function as a pyroelectric material

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