Dominance displays

[Lolet]

Do the Na'vi have any dominance displays, which might be useful in scaring away other Pandoran animals? Other than hissing, like, I don't know, poofy hair? (like dogs hair) 

[Puvomun]

Do the Na'vi have any dominance displays, which might be useful in scaring away other Pandoran animals? Other than hissing, like, I don't know, poofy hair? (like dogs hair) 

Considering the length of their braids, poofy hair would be amazing to see!

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Neytiri bares her teeth and hisses at Tsu'tey when she's defending Jake's body so I imagine that would qualify.

[Lolet]

Yeah, they hiss a lot, and I was wondering if they flexed their muscles at each other (only the males haha) like the boys at my school. 

[Ekirä]

Neytiri does go into a sort of 'stance' over Jake's body--it's not really dominant but could be interpreted as a dare/challenge. She has the physical advantage by going into her 'stance', ready to jump someone (hint hint Tsu'tey) if they try to attack Jake or remove her from over his body.

She also goes into this stance when Jake is capturing his ikran, she's at the edge of the cliff ready to (perhaps) jump into the fray if the ikran is about to kill Jake. Why else would she have her knife out and ready? This could be a discussion for another time or place.....   

[keftxo]

Neytiri does go into a sort of 'stance' over Jake's body--it's not really dominant but could be interpreted as a dare/challenge. She has the physical advantage by going into her 'stance', ready to jump someone (hint hint Tsu'tey) if they try to attack Jake or remove her from over his body.

She also goes into this stance when Jake is capturing his ikran, she's at the edge of the cliff ready to (perhaps) jump into the fray if the ikran is about to kill Jake. Why else would she have her knife out and ready? This could be a discussion for another time or place.....   

No, I think it is very much related. The stance as well as the "head weaving" she does is not a normal human action, and therefore, must have been done deliberately.

I took it rather clearly as a Na'vi dominance display. 

[Lolet]

Do they fight to settle quarrels? No like Jake and Tsu'tey, that was totally spur of the moment. Like the rumble in that one movie with the singing gangsters. I forget what it was called. 

['Evan]

In the released and then redacted 2007 script of the movie, there is actually a formal challenge and fight between Tsu'tey and Jake instead of the rather informal affair that is present in the final movie. This is, presumably, where we got the word fpeio. The script has been removed from most of the places it was available, so I can't find the exact lines.

[Muzer]

Yeah, that's correct.

Use the link on Wikipedia at the bottom.

[Lolet]

That makes sense. Do the girls fight too?

[Ku'rända]

Do the Na'vi have any dominance displays, which might be useful in scaring away other Pandoran animals? Other than hissing, like, I don't know, poofy hair? (like dogs hair) 

Considering the length of their braids, poofy hair would be amazing to see!

Maybe like that little dinosaur from Jurassic Park that kills Newman? :B

[keftxo]

That makes sense. Do the girls fight too?

I wouldn't see why not, the omaticaya tribe is pretty egalitarian. (At least that the sense I got from the field guide.) I don't know if it's specifically come up though.

[Lolet]

All I can think of is two girls duking it out surrounded by guys yelling, "Yeah! Catfight!". But I'm sure it's much more serious. 

[Kxamtxon Tsamsiyu]

All I can think of is two girls duking it out surrounded by guys yelling, "Yeah! Catfight!". But I'm sure it's much more serious. 

xD hrh

[Meynari Ke'nawm]

I know that Neytiri did this thing with her tail when she growled. She kind of waved it and twitched it like a tiger.