When a cat moves, it has ALL its' sensory tools in + activation. Like any wild animal, they move about their territorial home protecting, hunting and living to survive. When they crouch as they walk you can notice if they are trailing or searching. The eyes are always scanning; If the head is steady low on a slow sneak, they trailing, if they're head bounces up, then down for a few steps here and there, they searching. Their ears are like the deer's. They are constantly moving, searching for that unnatural sound that just pops and causes their flurry of quick moves on flight. If they are startled the start a flee as they also determine their danger level. They'll go to high ground first. They look back and ears back, If they don't perceive imminent danger, they'll flip around for a quick confront and determine definitely whether it is flight or fight. They're one of the quickest, quietest, and stealthiest 4 footed predatory animals on our continent. The record length of a Puma/Mt Lion is in the mid 8+ feet length (nose to rear feet extended.) I saw one measured in Utah in the late 1970's, 8'4.5". It was nicknamed "Three Toes"< since it lost one shot off by a sheep rancher. It's paw with 4 claws, was spread open by a guides TWO hands linked at the pinky fingers. It measured at 10.75" When they shot it 15' up a tree, as it came down to the ground it ripped the left side OFF one of the dogs, but still ran off a cliff falling 150" and need to be lowered 250" more, when retrieved. An unarmed human is lunch for these large males and even the very mature and knowledgeable females A bear and dogs claws are designed to rip and tear. A cats claws will cut like a scalpel. They, wild predatory animals are to be respected.
