[finnigan2]

As the owner of both a dog and a cat, I've often marveled at how much easier their species would have survived if they could only have developed some ability to talk. If gives any animal a tremendous advantage in terms of survival that I don't understand why all animals didn't "evolve" this capability.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Some cats do behave strangely. I had a couple watch "Forever Amber" on the television a few years ago. I thought that was strange because the both hated the book.

[Wisconsin155]

They do talk, to each other. Cats and dogs have a well developed verbal and non verbal language to communicate with each other. The submissive tail posture, howling, etc. It is simplistic by our standards, but it is there. Not to mention they have a whole media that we are relatively blind to, scent.

Cats and Dogs both occupy the top tiers of the food chain for their niche. What advantage would they gain by refining their language more? They are already top predators. There probably wasn't any real competition for them until we came along. IMO