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My cats are too sophisticated to fight. However, they do not wish to arouse the suspicion of their human, and to assure her that she’s still higher up on the food chain, they “fight”. No provocation necessary; they seem to have arranged for the staging of mock hostilities. They approach each other slowly, putting on squinty looks like Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti western. Then each cat raises a claw and swipes repeatedly at the air, at lightning speed. They are a foot away from each other, so there is no actual contact. Fur does not fly. Sometimes to heighten the drama they snarl and yowl. Seconds later, the battle is over. They go back to roaming the house, as if nothing had happened.