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Why do pythons hiss?

Updated: 12/18/2022
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Snakes in general (not just pythons) usually hope to scare off an attacker when they hiss. A tame captive snake shouldn't hiss unless it is ill with, say, an upper respiratory infection, in which case it would 'hiss' upon exhalation.

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