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Kitty kitty :3
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That is the appropriate response.
What is it about big cats that even though they can eat you, you want to pet them? Big sharks? Not so much.
They are kitties :3
To be fair if I thought a shark would let me pet it without it costing me a hand I totally would. Humans seem to really like to try to hang out with most other animals in general, it's just a case of which ones will tolerate us. Big cats also look pretty similar to their little domesticated cousins so I expect there's also a fair degree of cultural reinforcement of "cat-shaped = friend-shaped"