My cat is 2 & hasn't been around to many animals maybe like 2 at the most. I do know he is afraid of the outdoors. I have had my fish for a while, but not really where the cat could see it. I recently moved it and it is in reachable distance for the cat and he has been watching the fish like a hawk. So I sat down to observe the fish and I put the cat in my lap to see and he was staring intently and then a few minutes after watching he got his claws out. ...would this mean he is afraid of the fish?

to note i wasn't making a big deal about it. I was just curious. this is yahoo answers, you know where people ask question. and if you don' care then you didn't need to post a response. so maybe "ellie H" you should get off yahoo answers!