Pet-wise they are cute, cuddly and like attention. Predator-wise they are intelligent, calculated, efficient and more often than not very cruel. My cat is a cute lovable furball when I'm petting her, but once she got her claws on a mouse and tore its torso open and then throw and drag it about just for fun.She didn't even eat it. If you look at it in a certain way, they're pretty cruel and cold. But it is they're nature, so who am I to say what is cruel and cold?