Toti has that same intensity for chicken. In our case it's a little more frightening though since for better or worse (probably worse), Quish has also been holding bigger pieces of meat and teaching Toti to tear chunks off while it's in her hand.

Yeah, that's just what we need, our cat to be experienced in tearing flesh.

However, it seems to trigger some instinctive predator in him and you can see he REALLY enjoys the experience that much more when he gets to rip it.