If a house cat met a Lion, would it be scared? (Just because they are in the same Family).

Question: If a house cat met a Lion, would it be scared? (Just because they are in the same Family).
- Keywords:
  cat,
  fear,
  lion,
  taxonomy
Asked by weirv to Kevin on 14 Jun 2012.
- Kevin Mahon answered on 14 Jun 2012:
  
  I would pay money to see that!
  
  Obviously this isn’t something that would happen naturally in the wild! And no scientist has yet to put lions and cats in the same room to see what happens, so this is pretty speculative!
  
  I guess a pet cat would be pretty scared/suspicious as house cats tend to be wary of anything they haven’t seen before – the lion being related isn’t something I think would be a factor as members of the same species frighten each other and fight all the time, so members of the same animal family could too!

Question: If a house cat met a Lion, would it be scared? (Just because they are in the same Family).