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Dogs Have Bigger Brains Than Cats Because They Are More Sociable, Research Finds
Science Daily ^ | 11/28/10 | Staff

Posted on 11/28/2010 4:58:06 PM PST by Nachum

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Yo! Hey dog, let's go watch the game and have a brew. I'll save a bone for you...
1 posted on 11/28/2010 4:58:09 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

And chickens come from eggs.

No, wait.

Eggs come from chickens.

But then.....


2 posted on 11/28/2010 4:59:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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My cat is very sociable. He likes my lap and follows me around like a dog!


3 posted on 11/28/2010 5:00:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Nachum
Did somebody say bone?


4 posted on 11/28/2010 5:00:39 PM PST by WVKayaker (Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.)
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To: Nachum

Bigger brains. Bigger stools. That you have to pick up when you walk them.


5 posted on 11/28/2010 5:00:56 PM PST by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: Nachum; GOP Golfer
My cat Sammy is very social and also highly intelligent. He is high maintenance as a result as he is always manipulation and challenging since he was a kitten.

Even the Vet commented when he had to stay through out the day for observation he was watching the surgeries etc in a way other cats never have and that he was clearly highly intelligent.

I wonder—given the social aspect discussed in the article—if Sammy is a dog in disguise :-). (or maybe just a dog in a cat body. lol)

6 posted on 11/28/2010 5:02:16 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: Nachum

Thank God for science.

I’ll sleep better tonight now that I know this.


7 posted on 11/28/2010 5:02:47 PM PST by Mears
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Knowing both dogs and cats through the years, I don’t buy it.


8 posted on 11/28/2010 5:03:04 PM PST by VeeP22
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The brains of more solitary mammals, such as cats, deer and rino, grew much more slowly during the same period.

Finally a scientific theory to explain the behavior of RINOs.

9 posted on 11/28/2010 5:03:27 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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Nooooo,dogs have bigger brains than cats cause so much of their attention is focused on kissing human butt!

Cats are way too proud and too cool to evolve additional gray matter for that kind of embarrassing behavior.

10 posted on 11/28/2010 5:05:01 PM PST by Happy Rain ("GO GAMECOCKS--THE REAL USC!!!")
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or maybe they are more social because they have bigger brains??

huh??


11 posted on 11/28/2010 5:05:16 PM PST by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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WHERE DOES OSSAMA BIN OBAMA RATE ON THIS LIST? BELOW THE DUMBEST DOG ON THE LIST I WOULD GUESS.


12 posted on 11/28/2010 5:05:59 PM PST by taillightchaser
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13 posted on 11/28/2010 5:06:07 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Nachum

Just remember, dogs have owners....cats have staff.


14 posted on 11/28/2010 5:06:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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I wonder—given the social aspect discussed in the article—if Sammy is a dog in disguise :-). (or maybe just a dog in a cat body. lol)

We had a dog in a cats body that socialized our dogs so THEY thought they were cats ...

15 posted on 11/28/2010 5:07:28 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: Nachum

I’ve decided that my coffee table is smarter than my doorknob.


16 posted on 11/28/2010 5:07:33 PM PST by Allegra (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: BenLurkin

This has been bothering me for a long time. for sure


17 posted on 11/28/2010 5:07:53 PM PST by boomop1
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This suggests that the cooperation and coordination needed for group living can be challenging and over time some mammals have evolved larger brains to be able to cope with the demands of socialising.'

Soooo, people who resist Obama and his social programming have bigger brains than the ones who meekly fall in line...

18 posted on 11/28/2010 5:08:11 PM PST by bigheadfred (mind like a steel trap---rusted shut...)
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That’s idiotic. Dogs have bigger brains than cats because they have larger skulls and normally the brain grows to fit the skull. I won’t debate that they have larger brains but to debate that dogs have larger brains because they are sociable is pure speculation.

J U N K S C I E N C E


19 posted on 11/28/2010 5:08:32 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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20 posted on 11/28/2010 5:09:55 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
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