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Are Dogs Smarter Than Cats?
Scientists Claim To Have Proved Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats (However Cat Lovers Think Otherwise) [1]Beth Skillings, Clinical Veterinary Officer of Cats Protection, a group the campaigns for cats, says, "The domestic cat is highly intelligent thanks to its wild ancestry. Unlike dogs, they are smart enough to hunt alone and don’t have to depend on others."Instead of waiting for hunger to strike, they frequently play and exhibit hunting behavior so that they can be sure to have enough to eat, as each hunting trip does not result in a successful catch. "By being a solitary hunter, they’ve also developed clever means to control their environment. For example, by using a well adapted scent communication system, they are able to leave messages for themselves and other cats without coming into contact with others and thereby avoiding possible conflict. "Adapting their clever behavior to the home, cats are very successful at subtly training their owners by purring, meowing and sitting pitifully by their food bowl! They can also learn to manipulate feeding balls and owners can successfully clicker train their cats. "The intelligence of cats cannot be disputed – they were revered as Gods in Egyptian times and they have never forgotten it! Cats chose to live alongside man, exploiting the rodent opportunities our farming systems brought and, unlike dogs, they still enjoy their independence. The intelligence of “a man’s best friend” has evolved at a greater rate than the less social cat over millions of years, scientists at Oxford University have claimed. It was often thought that the feline pet was smarter than its canine counterpart because it needed less attention but researchers have discovered that cat’s brains are smaller because they are less social. For the first time scientists have charted the evolutionary history of the brain across different groups of mammals over 60 million years and identified huge variations in how their brains have changed. They found that there was a link between the size of an animal’s brain in relation to the rest of its body and how socially active it was. The study analysed available data on the brain and body size of over 500 species of living and fossilized mammals. The brains of monkeys grew the most over time followed by horses, dolphins, camels and dogs. It found that groups of mammals with relatively bigger brains tended to live in stable social groups. The brains of more solitary mammals such as cats, deer and rhino, grew much more slowly during the same period. Previous research had suggested that the growth rate of the brain relative to body size followed a general trend across all animal groups. The study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences overturns this view, showing there is a wide variation in patterns of brain growth across different groups of mammals and not all of them have larger brains – suggesting social animals had to think more. Dr Susanne Shultz, who led the research, said: “Dogs have always been regarded as the more social animals while cats like to get on with their own thing alone. But it appears that interaction is good for the brain and extends to other species, like ourselves. “We are even more social than monkeys and apes and it is this ability to get on with each other that has helped us dominate the planet. “This study overturns the long-held belief that brain size has increased across all mammals. Instead, groups of highly social species have undergone much more rapid increases than more solitary species. “This suggests the co-operation and co-ordination 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 socializing.” Dr Shultz added: “All dogs are quite good at solving problems, which gives credence to the traditional image of the cunning fox which is a member of the same family. Dogs descended from wolves which appear to have the biggest brains as they live in large family groups.” [1] Source: Peter Hutchison , "Dogs are smarter than cats: feline friends disagree"; 22 Nov 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/pets/8151924/Dogs-are-smarter-than-cats.html  Cap'ns TOPICS-LINKS |
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