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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6279808" data-attributes="member: 13107">Pretty strange situation.I've only ever seen outright aggression from an intact male who was attacking another male.&nbsp; If you severely annoy a cat (say, by playing with its tail), it will claw or bite you, but will usually scoot pretty quick at the same time.Although, unless I was wearing heavy clothes, or at least, heavy gloves, I would not want to tangle with an angry cat.&nbsp; Sure, you will demolish the cat.&nbsp; But, it could easily give you some deep cuts.&nbsp; And it can jump and slash at you faster than you can react.Side note: If you ever work at a large cats rescue (there are several here in NC), never, ever, get in range of a paw swipe.&nbsp; The smaller cats can easily jump up and reach through a mesh fence in a blink of an eye, and their claws are sharp.&nbsp; I barely avoided a very bad cut to the face because I wasn't careful when hosing out a cage.&nbsp; I got too close, and faster than I knew what was happening, the cat had swiped at me and grazed my cheek with a claw.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6279808, member: 13107"] Pretty strange situation. I've only ever seen outright aggression from an intact male who was attacking another male. If you severely annoy a cat (say, by playing with its tail), it will claw or bite you, but will usually scoot pretty quick at the same time. Although, unless I was wearing heavy clothes, or at least, heavy gloves, I would not want to tangle with an angry cat. Sure, you will demolish the cat. But, it could easily give you some deep cuts. And it can jump and slash at you faster than you can react. Side note: If you ever work at a large cats rescue (there are several here in NC), never, ever, get in range of a paw swipe. The smaller cats can easily jump up and reach through a mesh fence in a blink of an eye, and their claws are [i]sharp[/i]. I barely avoided a very bad cut to the face because I wasn't careful when hosing out a cage. I got too close, and faster than I knew what was happening, the cat had swiped at me and grazed my cheek with a claw. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]

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