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According to a recent study published in Current Biology, the auditory pathway for vibration detection in the tokay gecko involves the saccule in the inner ear, which projects to the brainstem nucleus VeO (nucleus vestibularis ovalis), allowing the gecko to sense low-frequency vibrations through a pathway typically associated with balance, essentially giving them a "sixth sense" for detecting vibrations through the ground or water; this pathway is considered to be present in other lepidosaurs like snakes as well.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01227-2
 
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