It is said of President Millard Filmore that he, when he wasn’t trying to invent the game of Clue a hundred years before its time, was terrified of kittens and would walk (or pogo-stick) miles out of his way to avoid them.
It must have been kittens like these that he had in mind. You can hardly blame him, can you?
Kittens are amazing. They are the standard by which gentleness is measured (gentle as a kitten), yet they are fierce in certain situations. I once had a feral kitten bite through my finger.