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TalkingDog

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12. That body language indicates he's feeling somewhat threatened

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:12 AM

Jun 2013

Leaning back is ...well, getting away from the source of the discomfort.

Leg crossing is protective.

But because he seems to be expanding physically by opening, it has the look of a threat gesture.

In a word, bluster.

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