Well, on the one hand I understand that reasoning, on the other I don't like sweeping generalizations of animal behavior. If you saw the way my kitty is with Devastator, you would understand. Bageerah the kitty is a box rescue, he was abandoned before he was weened. It's made him super clingy and super shy. He's so fascinated with Devastator, and he'll sleep on top of the cage and meow to Devy whenever he wakes up. Devastator will squeek up a little storm whenever Bageerah goes away, and won't stop till he comes to hang out some more. I put them on the floor for fun time and they chase each other through tunnels. Though let me tell you, it's Devy doing most of the chasing. I've seen Bageerah try and groom Devy. I've seen the two of them go to sleep on top of each other.
But I do get that Bageerah is slightly larger (not by much though), and more prone to roughhousing. This is why I don't let them be alone out of cages. I do believe however, that Bageerah loves Devastator and visa versa, and that he'd never intentionally hurt him. If I'd left them to be a vague mystery to eachother, I think there woiuld be more danger of "oooh, what's this? I should eat it." But then, I think it's a cat by cat basis. Bageerah is kind of odd for a cat. He's clingy, dependant, and a cuddle monkey - and he doesn't even use his claws when he's roughhousing with me!
weird kitty. Devastator has broken skin more than Bageerah has. Wow, I think I'm a little pet obsessed.