Pets act most strangely

I believe the answer is:

tomcats

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'pets' is the definition.
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'act most strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'act'+'most'='actmost'
'actmost' is an anagram of 'TOMCATS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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