That was the scenario facing this kayaker and Maine Coon mom recently, when she found her tabby cat, Louis, yowling for her at the edge of a dock, clearly fresh from an altercation with a local fox.

Do you play it cool or make the first "meowve?" Milosh, the Maine Coon, decided to give the former a try when his new Tabby cat sister Daisy arrived and he's the picture of too-cool-for-school.

The Maine Coon breed dwarfs pretty much all other breeds of feline that you might welcome into your home. Sergey Ginak / Shutterstock ...

Maine coon cats are known as great mousers, popular farm cats and, of course, for their enormous size. The New England breed is a really big cat and can weigh up to 19 pounds and grow up to 40 ...