BODY LANGUAGE AS A TOOL TO COMMUNICATE

[Dennis]

(03-16-2020, 01:02 AM)Amnon242 Wrote: Excellent topic! 

I think this could be quite usefull..

On big cats (defensive and submissive behavior).
https://books.google.com/books?id=ja7nCA...&q&f=false

I posted this in another thread


"..Leyhausen also indicated that aggression in felids is more regulated by effective defenses than responsive to the submission signals that are quite effective in reducing intra-group fighting in many canid species, such as wolves and dogs.. By selecting animals and arranging situations, Leyhausen was able to polarize attack and defensive behaviors in domesticated cat subjects, or, alternatively, to maximize attack motivations for both combatants. In a highly polarized attack-defend situation, the attacker stands tall and advances directly toward the victim while emitting low growls. The defending animal crouches down, or, with a mixture of aggressive and fearful motives, may assume the classic “Halloween cat” stance with arched back, and erected hairs. As the attacker approaches contact, the defending animal may assume a contorted posture, half on its back but facing the other cat, enabling both fore- and hindpaws to be drawn up and opposed to the oncoming attacker. This stance conceals the nape, the major target site for intraspecific offensive attack.. However, when both animals are highly motivated to attack, a frontal approach is typically utilized by both, resulting in animals facing each other and delivering forepaw blows largely toward the head and neck of the other."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814555/ Reply