'THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE CAT'

I've been bitten and scratched by cats before. I've had one dig his claws so deeply into my leg while I was driving that I grabbed him and threw him to the floor. But he caught my son's leg on his way down. So I know he knows how cat scratches feel.

Some friends of ours had twins who got cat scratch fever. My daughter's huge cat, a 15 pounder bites and scratches her regularly when he's playing.

But I've never felt the full force of an angry cat like the one pictured. But I cringe thinking what that cat could do to me if he caught me with claws extended.

I like cats. I think they're very smart. I think they know more than they let on, too. There's something just a little mysterious about them. If I wanted to protect a building, rather than a gargoyle, I think I'd commission an artist to make a model of this little guy.