Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Why I arch my back... educating humans in our body language


 I arch my back, either when I am just stretching, or when I am trying to show how big I am -  hoping to intimidate an enemy. Turning sideways and arching the back makes me look more formidable. 

Here is a video to educate dumb humans in our body language. 

Tommy, a juvenile cat reacted to by fighting rather than fleeing. So he arched his back to show he was bigger and turned sideways to show that there was even more of him. He also growled which you can hear. All this was to intimate an enemy.

He was frightened of course. Which is why when he was trying to move away, he went slowly, cautiously, with the rest of his body lowered. His tail was lowered too! 

So his body language shows both fear and aggression.

 

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