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A cat’s cunning or coincidence? Trapping birds or likes to eat bird seed?

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by Phil (London, UK) I have three wonderful cats, a seven-and-a-half-year-old moggie called Triftji, and a pair of Egyptian Maus, Sinbad and Napoleon, both eighteen months old. There have been several amusing incidents with my little Maus, but one in … Continue reading →

Posted in grain | Tagged behavior, bird seed, cat food, cat intelligence, cat preying on birds, grain | Leave a reply

Do cats recognise the human-given names of their cat friends?

PoC avatarPosted on April 16, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 16, 2022

SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND COMMMENT: The answer to the question in the title is YES according to a Japanese study concerning multi-cat homes. The Japanese researchers wanted to know whether domestic cats have the ability to link a name given to … Continue reading →

Posted in study | Tagged cat behavior, cat brain, cat intelligence, cat study, dog intelligence, household sounds, human behavior, human to cat relationship, rhythms, science, social cognition, study

True feral cats are smarter than domestic cats

PoC avatarPosted on April 7, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 7, 2022

True feral cats are smarter than domestic cats. This gives them an advantage in survival. I’m thinking here of the true Australian feral cat living in the outback and surviving on an abundance of marsupials and small mammals that are … Continue reading →

Posted in intelligence | Tagged australia, australia feral cat, cat brain, cat intelligence, cat study, challenged, feral cats, feral cats and their management, killing feral cats, mentality, science, survival

Are domestic cats smarter than toddlers?

PoC avatarPosted on February 3, 2022 by Michael BroadFebruary 3, 2022

I am afraid that the question is unworkable. It is not practical or possible to compare the intelligence of a domestic adult cat to the intelligence of a toddler in the age bracket 1-3. There are two variables: animal versus … Continue reading →

Posted in children | Tagged cat intelligence, cats and children, children, human to cat relationship, interspecies friendships, toddlers | Leave a reply

Picture of a cat with head stuck in jar and the backstory

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2021

There is a backstory to all these videos of domestic and stray cats getting their head stuck in a glass jar or can. There are quite a few. The pictures always disturb me. Perhaps it is because rather than seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in scavenging | Tagged cat emergency, cat intelligence, cat stuck, cats in emergencies, environment | Leave a reply

Do our cats judge us?

PoC avatarPosted on July 21, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 21, 2021

The BBC has a webpage on the topic as to whether domestic cat judge people. It got me thinking. It’s a tricky subject but I think you have to refer to how people judge other people if you want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Human to cat relationship | Tagged cat brain, cat emotions and brain function, cat intelligence, human to cat relationship | 1 Reply

Do dogs have bigger brains than cats?

PoC avatarPosted on June 28, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 5, 2021

Yes, dogs have bigger brains than cats. The average dog brain is about the size of a tangerine or at best a lemon. The average cat brain is about the size of a large English walnut. It’s about 5 cm … Continue reading →

Posted in brain | Tagged cat anatomy, cat brain, cat intelligence, cats and dogs, cats versus dogs, comparing, dog intelligence

What is the smartest type of cat?

PoC avatarPosted on June 9, 2021 by Michael BroadJune 9, 2021

The smartest type of cat will be the wild cat species. You can take anyone of them. I believe that you will find that it is accepted that the wild cats are smarter than domestic cats. This is translated into … Continue reading →

Posted in cat intelligence | Tagged cat anatomy, cat breeding, cat intelligence, inbreeding depression, intelligent cat breeds, selective breeding, wild cat hybrids, wild cat inbreeding, wild cat species

Simplified experiments to check your cat’s social intelligence

PoC avatarPosted on May 16, 2021 by Michael BroadMay 16, 2021

This table comes from the sciencemag.com website. I feel the need to reproduce it verbatim in the interests of accuracy. It is a way of testing social intelligence in cats. It has been found that domestic cats are more socially … Continue reading →

Posted in sociable | Tagged animal testing, cat intelligence, cat study, dog intelligence, human to cat relationship, sociable domestic cat, social, social cognition, social intelligence

Are cats sensitive to human emotions?

PoC avatarPosted on May 12, 2021 by Michael BroadMay 12, 2021

Are cats sensitive to human emotions? Insofar as human emotions affect body language, “most cats are extraordinarily sensitive to human body language, much more so than they usually receive credit for”. The quote comes from Dr. John Bradshaw in his … Continue reading →

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