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Dogs really ARE smarter than cats: Canines have more than twice as many brain cells linked to
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11/30/17 | Harry Pettit

Posted on 11/30/2017 10:05:04 AM PST by ColdOne

Full title........................Dogs really ARE smarter than cats: Canines have more than twice as many brain cells linked to intelligence............

The debate over whether dogs or cats are the smartest pet has raged for decades, if not centuries.

But in a twist that is sure to ruffle the fur of cat-lovers, new research shows that dogs are more intelligent than their feline foes after all.

Experts showed that dogs have more than twice as many brain cells in a region linked with thinking, planning and other complex behaviours.

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KEYWORDS: cats; dogs; pets
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1 posted on 11/30/2017 10:05:04 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Duh!


2 posted on 11/30/2017 10:06:08 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Tax-chick

Of interest?


3 posted on 11/30/2017 10:06:10 AM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: ColdOne

My observation is that dogs are as dumb as stumps and my cats always outwit them.


4 posted on 11/30/2017 10:06:56 AM PST by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: ColdOne

5 posted on 11/30/2017 10:06:56 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ColdOne

Not once have my cats eaten their poop, licked their privates, and then licked me on the face. Who is more intelligent?


6 posted on 11/30/2017 10:08:52 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ColdOne; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ...
GIGO


7 posted on 11/30/2017 10:10:44 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Certainly not you if you let him lick your face after that.


8 posted on 11/30/2017 10:11:01 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: ColdOne

LOL, the only problem is, all those brain cells of linked intelligence centers are centers that have to do with food acquisition and crotch licking!

(I love dogs, btw...they are so much like us men)


9 posted on 11/30/2017 10:12:11 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Lazamataz
"My observation is that dogs are as dumb as stumps and my cats always outwit them."

Ever seen a cat act perform? Tell me. Ever watch America's Got Talent?

10 posted on 11/30/2017 10:12:49 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The difference between cats and dogs is that cats aren’t afraid of losing their jobs.


11 posted on 11/30/2017 10:12:55 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: ColdOne

Cats have turned humans into well-trained employees. (I have personal experience with this)

Dogs do anything and everything for what, a lousy cookie?

Cats are the smarter species.


12 posted on 11/30/2017 10:12:58 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: ColdOne

One of the Wizard of Oz books features a cat with an apparently see-through skull, where you can see her brain. She is so proud, she goes around saying, “see my pretty pink brains!”

She is dumb as a rock, but very proud of her pretty brain.

I love cats, but they can be like that.


13 posted on 11/30/2017 10:13:55 AM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

LOL. Good point.

Obviously I don’t let him lick me that after observing him doing those gross dog things. But, no matter when your dog licks you, you know he has engaged in those things sometime recently.


14 posted on 11/30/2017 10:14:04 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I caught my cat Donald O. Rumsfelt licking his butt for almost an hour. I kicked him to stop and he said he had bitten a Democrat and licked himself that long to get the taste out of his mouth. I said “ Carry on.”


15 posted on 11/30/2017 10:15:05 AM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: ColdOne

No study in the world would convince most cat owners that their pet wasn’t smarter than a dog. A cat’s behavior is more often open to interpretation, and can appear ambiguous, neutral, even CATatonic.


16 posted on 11/30/2017 10:15:33 AM PST by lee martell
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To: ColdOne

Of course dogs are smarter than cats. With out question. But all dogs are not equal. There are some cats that are smarter than others. And there are dogs that are very smart and then there are beagles.


17 posted on 11/30/2017 10:15:47 AM PST by poinq
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To: rlmorel

LOL..you are correct doggies are a lot like men.


18 posted on 11/30/2017 10:15:50 AM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: ColdOne

19 posted on 11/30/2017 10:15:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Safetgiver

LOL. Excellent short story.


20 posted on 11/30/2017 10:16:10 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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