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Originally Posted by stringbean  my uncle used to be the same, now he can tell the differance a bit better between a dangerous snakes and harmless ones. so he either watches them do what ever or if its a brown he just runs away. sory to kinda hijack the thread but does anyone know of browns hissing, my uncle heard one before he saw it. |
As far as i know snakes cannot purposefully vocalise any sounds (hissing included), however, many species and individuals seem to hiss. I think this "hissing" is simply a response the snake has to the presence of a potential predator (big scary human) as it's breathing increases, HR goes up etc. etc.
Don't hold me to this but i am 70% sure that a snake will not voluntarily hiss at a predator.
