Why Do Cats Hiss Like Snakes. Justine lee explains that by changing the shape of their tongue and pharynx (the tissue right in front of their voice box), cats are able to sharply release a jet of air while spitting some saliva in the process. Even if your cat is the sweetest little cat on the planet, if she has ever felt threatened or needed to send a warning to someone (feline, canine or human), she has probably hissed at some point.
How cats learned to hiss and why they do it now. This doesn’t always apply because most cats never encounter snakes. The evolution of the cat hiss happened over many years.
Justine lee explains that by changing the shape of their tongue and pharynx (the tissue right in front of their voice box), cats are able to sharply release a jet of air while spitting some saliva in the process.
Why cats hiss it’s a sound everyone has heard at some point. It will hiss, scratch, and bite to defend itself against the snake even if the snake isn’t attacking but is being defensive too. This doesn’t always apply because most cats never encounter snakes. According to animal planet, some experts even believe cats developed the habit of hissing by imitating snakes.
