# Spider noises: is this real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337 "2007-07-27T05:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/1 "2007-07-27T05:16:14Z")
After reading the recent IMHO thread on Huntsman spiders, **OneCentStamp** commented: > [@](#): > > Just to connect the last few remaining dots on thsi nightmare for me: can these giant tarantulas make any sound? Leg-rubbing sounds would be bad, but a vocal apparatus would be worse. Which reminded me of a video I had just seen. [Jumping Spider Mating Ritual](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=322_1185412350) A male jumping spider is jumping, tapping and flexing to attract the attention of a female (who doesn’t respond much). Early on, very faint sounds can be heard, but they get louder until they sound almost like a motorcycle revving by the end. Now, my work computer doesn’t have much of a sound card so it’s impossible to tell for sure from here. Can anyone confirm whether the sounds with this video are actually coming from the spider? And if so, how? Tapping? Rubbing? Actual vocal cords? Great, now I’ve got creepy-crawly sensations going over the back of my neck. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/2 "2007-07-27T05:34:40Z")
I had issues with your link, but i searched the site and found it. I gotta say, that is some freaky ass sounds that i definitely want to avoid. :eek: The last 15 seconds especially gave me chills. In the middle it does sound like a motorcycle revving: ratatatatataTHUNK!! Towards the end it sounds like a prop-jet plane that backfires a lot. I have to walk away from the computer since i might have a complex now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/3 "2007-07-27T06:20:59Z")
Sorry, I screwed up the coding for the link. Here it is again > **[ItemFix - Social Video Factory](https://www.itemfix.com/?r=ll)** > > Social Video Factory ---
**Author:** ![papaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@papaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papaw)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/4 "2007-07-27T13:35:57Z")
That video sure looks manipulated to me. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/5 "2007-07-27T14:50:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=322\_1185412350](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=322_1185412350) [/QUOTE] Cool video, but I shouldn’t have watched it; now I’m all horny. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/6 "2007-07-27T19:14:07Z")
Don’t wolf spiders whistle? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/7 "2007-07-27T19:17:16Z")
Good fucking hell. It may be several hours and a hot bath before my nuts re-emerge from my body cavity. :eek: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/8 "2007-07-27T19:22:53Z")
The exotic pet store where we get crickets for our toads has occasionally had barking spiders, but I’ve never heard the sound they are supposed to make. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/9 "2007-07-27T19:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] The exotic pet store where we get crickets for our toads has occasionally had **barking spiders** , but I’ve never heard the sound they are supposed to make. [/QUOTE] Is there really such a thing? I thought that was a punchline out of 6th grade: you fart, then say “Aw, man! I must have sat on a barking spider.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/10 "2007-07-27T19:31:52Z")
The sounds didn’t really bug me. It’s that thing where they rear up that gets me. Like they’re going to jump up on something and “Rawr!” And then I pass out. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/11 "2007-07-27T19:34:52Z")
A bit of googling suggests that it is an alternate name for the bird-eating spider. A large, hairy, tarantula-looking dude that you can look up on your own if you care to. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/12 "2007-07-27T19:40:52Z")
A trusted friend onces told me he saw a spider hiss at him in Texas. But he was telling a tale to his friends so I take it with a pinch of salt. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/13 "2007-07-27T19:41:16Z")
[QUOTE=essell] A trusted friend onces told me he saw a spider hiss at him in Texas. But he was telling a tale to his friends so I take it with a pinch of salt. [/QUOTE] Why did it have to be Texas? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/14 "2007-07-27T19:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Why did it have to be Texas? ☹ [/QUOTE] I predict you will now sleep with the light on. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/15 "2007-07-27T21:58:00Z")
I dunno–found it quite funny, actually, not creepy. The best is the beginning, when he makes the first 2 or 3 “pops” with his forelimbs–it’s like he’s saying, “at the snap of my fingers, you are Hyp-no-tized! SNAP!” By the end, it just sounds like he’s snoring. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/16 "2007-07-27T22:05:19Z")
All the jumping spiders I’ve ever seen have been about the size of a lentil. Are there bigger ones found commonly? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/17 "2007-07-27T22:24:45Z")
The Giant Jumping Spider is very common where **OneCentStamp** lives. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/18 "2007-07-28T04:26:13Z")
Little guy has a great sense of rhythm, I’ll give him that. Is it just me, or does it look like he has an extra pair of legs? He’s got the pair in front that he’s snapping, a pair just behind that and a pair in the back that he’s standing on, and it looks like another two pairs in between that he keeps close in to his body and sort of scrunches up every so often. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/19 "2007-07-28T11:51:27Z")
I think the fat round pair just behind the ones he’s snapping are his pedipalps. So how’s he making those noises, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337/20 "2007-07-28T16:29:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] The Giant Jumping Spider is very common where **OneCentStamp** lives. [/QUOTE] :mad: damn you all [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-noises-is-this-real/413337.md?page=2)