cat intelligence

Cat intelligence

Are Domestic Cats Going to Emulate Dogs and Become Lazy Thinkers?

Researchers at Oregon State University have concluded that the 30,000 year domestication of the dog has resulted in man’s best friend being unable to think for himself. The domestic dog has become a lazy thinker and in short, stupid. Or to be fair less resourceful and intelligent as the grey wolf, the domestic dog’s wild …

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Think Like a Cat to Study Feline Intelligence

While some research scientists’ minds may be in a dither over this conundrum, kitty guardians have absolutely no problem answering this question; cats are extremely smart and downright resourceful. Researchers have such a difficult time deciding whether cats are actually brainy. According to an article in Slate Magazine, a Hungarian scientist named Ádám Miklósi was …

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Don’t Underestimate the Intelligence of Your Cat

It is quite easy for a cat owner to treat their domestic cat as a “dumb animal” and “only a cat”. By contrast cat guardians treat their cats as sentient beings with brains and feelings together with wonderfully impressive senses. Cats can display pure logical intelligence and learning-by-observation-skills. I think this cat learned how to …

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“Active Cat” – Inherited, Learned or Stimulated?

Is there such a thing as an active cat breed? Can you group cats into active and inactive? I am not sure that you can. Although cat breed personality descriptions are notoriously variable, vague and imprecise, the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) describes some of its registered breeds as “active” or “energetic”. Some people prefer an …

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Domestic Arguments Make Cats Anxious

There are millions of heated arguments between husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend every day. You can visualise it. There are probably 10 million of them happening right now in North America alone. Update: I have been criticised in a comment for referring to America in the above statement. I am apparently America bashing. I …

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Professor Nanyuan says that animals are not sentient

Nanyuan is a Chinese professor of the old school (I presume). He lives in China and is against animal welfare laws being introduced in China. He thinks animals are vegetables.  He represents all that is wrong with the attitude of a large part of Chinese society. I have to say, though, things are changing and the …

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We are becoming more stupid and so are cats. Discuss

Humans are entering a permanent phase of “reverse selection” making them thicker; and cats, taken as a whole, are less intelligent than they were 10,000 years ago because of domestication, which has eliminated the need for natural selection. I’ll have to add some detail to that bold statement. A recent study, which I find very …

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