I’ve written before about my cat Scrappy: the partially feral cat who now bitches at me if I don’t pet him enough. He went through a period where he obviously was getting into fights with other cats in the neighborhood (thankfully, which has not happened much lately). I often wondered why he would fight cats where he obviously wasn’t coming out the winner. This video demonstrates why: cats are obviously willing to fight things twice their size. To their credit, they do appear to have a mastery of the sneak attack that dogs seem to be unaware of:
Another example of a cat willing to fight something twice its size: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSm_LWX4Io (mountain lion defends her cubs against grizzly bear)
http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2007/03/07/selected-upi-feeds-for-today-3/