Predatory

One of my cats, always eager to steal through an open door whenever the opportunity presents itself, slipped out back as I was bringing food for the deer, who were (predictably) waiting for me. (This one never gets all that far, though, and reasonably is easy to catch.) To my surprise, he began to stalk the deer who were lingering just a few feet away! At first they were merely unsettled — though they quickly fled when he charged at them.

It was as though he somehow thought he was a much larger, more menacing animal — not just an average-sized house cat.