"hissing" species?

[Python]

I was just curious to know if anyone knows how many species have the capability of hissing? Which ones are more likely to do it? I did a search but couldn't find a list of "hissers".

 

[edesign]

my P. murinus can hiss...albeit fairly quietly, it's only about 3" though. I wanna say C. crawshayshi can hiss as well, there's other species as well.

 

[versimomma]

my Pamphobeteus plattyoma does it and so does my Brachypelma boehmei AF.
I believe most of the brachypelma sp if not all have the stridulating organ, i cant remember tho lol

 

[becca81]

I don't know about Brachypelma spp., but I do know that T. blondi can stridulate (make the hissing sound). I'm not sure about T. apophysis, though.

 

[Mattyb]

I don't know about Brachypelma spp., but I do know that T. blondi can stridulate (make the hissing sound). I'm not sure about T. apophysis, though.

Yeah blondi can hiss, but i never heard any of my other ones yet.



-Mattyb

 

[usumbaraboy]

i know the usumbara hisses. iv heard it many times when im trying to clean the cage. as for the brachys i dont think they hiss. i was under the impression that they flicked hairs

 

[ilovebugs]

I have heard of some that can "hiss" but vibrating hairs on their body, is that true

 

[Spiderling LT]

My Lasiodora parahybana subadul female makes sounds like hissing

 

[jbrd]

MY T.blondi will stridulate and quite loudly at that. Actually freaked me out a bit the first time he did it.

 

[Martin H.]

Hello "versimomma",

my Pamphobeteus plattyoma does it

if so, I would have doubts that it's a Pamophobeteus what you possess, 'cause Pamphobeteus spp. do not possess a "stridulating organ" (AFAIK).
Do you have a cast skin of your specimen?

all the best,
Martin

 

[metallica]

has "platyomma" even been described then?

 

[JohnxII]

Brachy's, Grammo's and some African species can stridulate. See [thread=28878]this thread[/thread] and [thread=9608]this thread[/thread].

 

[The Juice]

My C.Bechuanicus gave me a "Hiss" once.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

My genic hissed at me not too long ago...

 

[Joe1968]

My C. brachycephalus hissed at me once, kinda eerie actually.

 

[edesign]

I have heard of some that can "hiss" but vibrating hairs on their body, is that true

Correct...it's not actually made like animals hiss by forcing air from their mouths. Tarantulas do it by rapidly brushing special hairs across one another on their body...often on their chelicera.

 

[lta3398]

My 9" blondi is quite adept at the hissing thing! She puts on a pretty big threat display at anything, and I do mean ANYTHING. She hisses, rears, flicks hairs, and even strikes at her water dish, and streams of water that I pour in to top off her dish occasionally. She is definitely the meanest of all my T's, but my 6" P. cancerides hisses on occasion also, but it is relatively faint.

 

[cacoseraph]

when the petstore guy opened the too small critter keeper a H. lividum was in i believe it hissed.

after he said "watch this" and tapped it on one of her #4's i am pretty sure she hissed again =P

 

[ORION_DV8]

I had a C. paganus that hissed quite loudly.
ORION

 

[Greg Wolfe]

Stridulating...

Many species of T's stridulate (hiss). Which ones do or don't I have not a clue. Like Martin mentioned, it is the velcro like hairs that they rub together that produce the sound. I have heard it once from one of my blondi girls, sounded like a cat hissing. Quite creepy.
The TTKG has photos of these hairs somewhere.