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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cats; dogs; pets
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To: NImerc

Individual cats differ. I had one who was very emotion-driven. She was voluptuous and seductive, and would even become indignant if we laughed if she did something awkward like jumping, missing and falling, etc. But I had another who was very thinking-driven. She would actually tilt her head and move her eyes side to side when presented with a choice until she made her decision. We were able to train her to recognize around 65 words or phrases, and she demonstrated that she understood by her responses and reactions. She was so amazing that the neighbors made a condolence call when she died. I only wish I had a video cam back then (15 yrs ago).


41 posted on 11/30/2017 10:42:36 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: ColdOne

Go watch the YouTube video “You shall not pass” and then get back to me. LOL!


42 posted on 11/30/2017 10:42:55 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ColdOne


43 posted on 11/30/2017 10:42:56 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: poinq

And Irish Setters.


44 posted on 11/30/2017 10:43:17 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: NImerc

My cats definitely know the word “treat” because I taught them. You’re right about hearing every little sound and knowing what it is too.


45 posted on 11/30/2017 10:46:32 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: a little elbow grease

Humans might be smart in a number of ways, but also are breathtakingly dumb in others. [*opens door to discuss stupidity of the political Left*]


46 posted on 11/30/2017 10:48:24 AM PST by Avalon Memories (The question about fighting back is not what average people can to do, but how to do we do it?)
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To: ColdOne

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

Cats don’t need these extra cells. Thinking, planning and complex behaviors are innate with them.


47 posted on 11/30/2017 10:48:46 AM PST by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: Rusty0604

Well, Rusty (Hey...isn’t that a dog’s name?) I don’t eat my poop, but I do enjoy sticking my face out the window, even if I don’t enjoy human bad breath! As for licking my crotch...what about that old joke “Why does a dog lick its crotch???”

Hm. On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog...:)


48 posted on 11/30/2017 10:49:34 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: poinq
... then there are beagles


49 posted on 11/30/2017 10:49:42 AM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
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To: fishtank

Tsk....Tsk!!! Love it!..Point!


50 posted on 11/30/2017 10:49:51 AM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: ColdOne

Not sure that the study means what the writer thinks it does. But let us all agree on the obvious. A dog or cat with average intelligence for its species, is demonstrably higher in useful intelligence than the typical “never Trump,” loon!


51 posted on 11/30/2017 10:50:49 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: Exit148

OOPS! Thought I hadn’t clicked ‘’post’’ when I first wrote this above in the thread. I need some of my kitties brains!!


52 posted on 11/30/2017 10:51:28 AM PST by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: Albion Wilde

I actually saw a cat show once too.
my daughter worked for a place that trained animals for Hollywood movies. She actually helped with all the animals on the “We Bought a Zoo” set. She said of all the animals, house cats were the hardest to work with.


53 posted on 11/30/2017 10:51:49 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: a little elbow grease

I have never thought humans were so much smarter than animals. People just don’t know how to communicate with them.


54 posted on 11/30/2017 10:53:29 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: fishtank

LOL


55 posted on 11/30/2017 10:54:34 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: brownsfan
#26: Cats are great low maintenance pets. Dogs are family members.

If a prowler broke into your house, your dog will fight him to the death to protect you.

A cat would stand aside while you are murdered, and then rub up against the leg of the killer, all the while arching its back and purring.
 

56 posted on 11/30/2017 10:54:52 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: tet68

Ah, proof positive how smart cats are.


57 posted on 11/30/2017 10:55:42 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rlmorel

Rusty is my cat’s name. He’s the one that’s been posting on this thread while I was busy cleaning his litter box.


58 posted on 11/30/2017 10:57:00 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Red Badger

I love my black man cat.


59 posted on 11/30/2017 10:58:01 AM PST by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: ColdOne

60 posted on 11/30/2017 10:59:35 AM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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