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Making yourself smaller is generally less threatening, but making eye contact or getting in their faces can be more threatening. So it depends. > It seems obvi
by humanrebar 9y ago
Making yourself smaller is generally less threatening, but making eye contact or getting in their faces can be more threatening. So it depends.
> It seems obvious that the more respect you show an animal in this situation, the better.
It depends. Some animals behave better when it's clear to them that a) they're not the alpha and b) the alpha has everything under control.
- mschuster91 9y ago> Making yourself smaller is generally less threatening, but making eye contact or getting in their faces can be more threatening. The core point is: move slowly. Hectic movements will induce stress in any animal. Give it time to react to your presence and try to look at the body language (especially if it tries to back away from you or growls/hisses at you)... how often people fail to respect a hiss, it's unbelievable.