[Hissing--a multifunctional and interspecific animal signal].
Hissing signals were studied in various groups of animals: insects, reptiles, mammals, and birds. Hissing was analyzed using a computer-based acoustic analyzer KAPROS-01. General similarities of hissing were noted for representatives of taxonomically remote orders and classes, as well as evident structural differences, not always related to the absence of taxonomic relatedness of the given species. Bioacoustic parallelisms of hissing were shown, which are based on threatening signals from animals with ecological weapons, such as poison, sharp teeth and claws, etc. Multifunctional and interspecific patterns of hissing were noted as well as its ecological-communicative role in biocenotic relations between animals of different groups.
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D000162:Acoustics / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002415:Cats; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals; D012104:Reptiles; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013045:Species Specificity; D014828:Vocalization, Animal / Q000502:physiology*