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Cats vs dogs: Which pet is smarter?
Daily News ^ | January 19, 2012 | Kate Greene

Posted on 12/04/2017 3:15:54 PM PST by mairdie

Posted for Daffynition:

Researchers at CanCog Technologies, a private institution in Toronto that studies behavior and aging in companion animals, have tested dogs and cats on the same tasks, using cats that show the same level of interest in food rewards as the dogs. They found that cats make more errors than dogs and require more trials to learn the same tasks.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; dogs; intelligence
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To: crosdaddy

I thought I had the only dog that did that! I always have to move his tail from in front of my face before I fall asleep. Havanese.


21 posted on 12/04/2017 3:44:26 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Cats are smarter. They can train big hairless monkeys to serve them with blind loyalty.

That’s why I have always had dogs. Dogs are good working partners. Cats are manipulative feline overlords.


22 posted on 12/04/2017 3:44:42 PM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (Hillary for Prison!)
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To: mairdie

How much money did the Canadian govt. contribute to this research?


23 posted on 12/04/2017 3:45:45 PM PST by HChampagne (Cruz supporter but I will support and vote for Trump.)
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To: Leaning Right

We know the earth is not flat because if it was then the cats would have knocked everything over the edge by now.


24 posted on 12/04/2017 3:47:04 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: MissEdie

I fear that you’re absolutely right. But if they’re giving robots citizenship in Saudi Arabia, how long before we can start a movement for our smarter four-footed friends? We could teach them to bark and wag their tails at pictures of Trump, and growl at Hillary. Then explain they need our help in the voting booth because they’re thumb-handicapped.


25 posted on 12/04/2017 3:47:28 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

cats are much smarter
dogs are smart and better companions
and will do lots of services for us too

but cats are so smart they do NOTHING for us
and yet we buy them turkey, tunafish, chickens, everything
hoping they will show some appreciation
(which is rather like waiting for Godot)
cats are smarter because they get from us everything we give our dogs, without having to beg or grovel or fetch or work for any of it


26 posted on 12/04/2017 3:48:03 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians aren’t born, they’re excreted.” - Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: FatherofFive

One of the most wonderful things I remember reading. Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.


27 posted on 12/04/2017 3:48:50 PM PST by mairdie
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To: shelterguy

That’s in competition for Best Of!


28 posted on 12/04/2017 3:50:21 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Leaning Right
That’s because cats refuse to be servants to anyone

And they have heart attacks at the sight of a cucumber.

29 posted on 12/04/2017 3:50:53 PM PST by MountainDad (A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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To: MountainDad
And they have heart attacks at the sight of a cucumber.

Ok, you have my curiosity. Is there some cat taunting act with cucumbers that I am not aware of? I am not a cat person myself, but I have worn out many batteries making my friends cats turn circles until they collapse from dizziness by chasing the trusty laser pen.

30 posted on 12/04/2017 3:56:49 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnum44

Have a look:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cat+cucumber+youtube&FORM=HDRSC3


31 posted on 12/04/2017 3:59:04 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: mairdie

This is really like asking - whose smarter: men or women?

It depends on how you define it. Which one scores higher on most IQ tests? - men. Which gets over on the other more often? - definitely women.

Dogs are generally all about pleasing their masters. Cats are generally all about pleasing themselves. But just because dogs perform better at obedience tests doesn’t mean they are smarter. It just means cats don’t give a crap about your obedience tests. So who, then, is smarter?


32 posted on 12/04/2017 4:00:09 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
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To: Magnum44

Set a cucumber on the floor behind a cat while it’s eating. Make sure cat doesn’t see you set it down.
Now wait until cat is done eating. They Freak out


33 posted on 12/04/2017 4:02:24 PM PST by MountainDad (A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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To: mairdie

They both are equally smart in that neither one wants to be the other.


34 posted on 12/04/2017 4:05:52 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: mairdie

smart / smarter needs FIRST to be defined .... or you’re all gonn’a go off half cocked like republicans and democrats arguing about hillary


35 posted on 12/04/2017 4:13:53 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: knarf

Very sensible. Want to take a run at it?


36 posted on 12/04/2017 4:14:58 PM PST by mairdie
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To: knarf

FTA:

Researchers found that dogs possess around 530 million cortical neurons, while cats only have around 250 million.


37 posted on 12/04/2017 4:16:08 PM PST by mairdie
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To: fella

The latest study discovered that dogs are male and cats are female.


38 posted on 12/04/2017 4:16:46 PM PST by TheNext (DACA is INVASION!)
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To: mairdie
Einstein flunked math

I state again ...

smart / smarter must FIRST be defined.

39 posted on 12/04/2017 4:17:38 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: mairdie

Nope ... I have a six year old Lab absolutely in love with us and we with him ... smart is not part of the equation.


40 posted on 12/04/2017 4:21:03 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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