Growing up one time, my cat came in my room and laid down on my pillow and I woke up to *CRUNCH* *CRUNCH* I sat up and turned around and she was eating the mouse. I got so sick from hearing it. I went and woke up my dad and he had to take the dead mouse out of my room. My cat at the time was attacking my dad for taking it from her. I have always heard cats want to show their parents what they caught and found and hunted all on their own. A sense of pride I guess but all of our cats that have caught anything they always brought it right to us to show it off.