Post ATUHitkvdL5SNeOHxI by j@janxy.town
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(DIR) Post #ATUFvnhDH9NzRTg3s0 by moliver@pleistocene.social
2023-03-10T22:27:37Z
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@j I like dogs, but I respect cats because they haven't evolved subservience. Example, I had a housemate who didn't really like our cats. Shir Khan was a big, muscular, standard-issue cat. Total sweetheart, but an absolute fiend for pineapple off a Hawaiian pizza. Housemate didn't like pineapple, so one night he picked it off his slice and made of show of it in front of Shir Khan to throw it in the trash. For the next week, housemate found a turd on his pillow like a hotel chocolate.
(DIR) Post #ATUFvoO6hfhHaVkJjE by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-10T22:53:33Z
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@moliver @j Oh yeah, this is a well-studied area. Dogs are way smarter than cats, but have evolved to be submissive to humans, as their best chance of survival.By comparison, cats have a very limited repertoire of behaviors. This argument has been going on for hundreds of years. The reason cats have limited trainabilty, isn't because they're smart, it's because they don't know what the f*ck you're talking about. 🤣
(DIR) Post #ATUHitkvdL5SNeOHxI by j@janxy.town
2023-03-10T23:13:36Z
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@BarrenPlanet You know that saying "it's better to be thought an ignorant dipshit than to post on the internet and remove all doubt"? Yeah. That.@moliver
(DIR) Post #ATUIHDOV7pZF8KGQRE by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-10T23:19:50Z
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@j @moliver https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dog-cat-brains-neurons-intelligence-study-spd
(DIR) Post #ATUJ4K8Uqd3EETC8kC by moliver@pleistocene.social
2023-03-10T23:28:41Z
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@BarrenPlanet @j What about comparative dendritic densities and relative excitability?
(DIR) Post #ATUJIykqcrFKGM7aaG by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-10T23:31:21Z
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Yeah that was fast, wasn't it? From a scientific perspective, this subject is settled.Canines are way smarter than felines. Fact.You can insult me all day long, it doesn't matter to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(DIR) Post #ATULCNsf0dYA4Sl6q8 by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-03-10T23:29:33.318287Z
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Any dog owner could have told them that. LOL
(DIR) Post #ATULCOhLyA6EbgTar2 by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-10T23:52:33Z
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@gme @j @moliver Cat owners are just really evangelical abour their cats. It's weird. And most of them are American. The British are under no illusions about the intellectual limitations of their pets.We had to change all our door handles for knobs, knowing that our dog, Jake - an 8st Akita, German Shepard cross - could open doors. He'd figured it out.But going down stairs when his back legs started to fail (the German Shep gene)? He fell down them, every time. Any human would recognized it.
(DIR) Post #ATULnOe97maZA2cQLI by moliver@pleistocene.social
2023-03-10T23:59:14Z
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@BarrenPlanet @gme @j Every cat I've owned has figured out handle doorknobs. One even persisted enough to turn the round ones too.It's not that cats don't understand what people say. They just don't care to obey.
(DIR) Post #ATUMdwwYr1AKacI8My by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-11T00:08:45Z
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@moliver @gme @j Oh hey, I have a good relationship with the local cats. I've nothing against them, and the feeling is mutual. There's one that visits often, despite us not feeding it, purely for scratches.Cats in the UK are semi-wild and free-roaming.
(DIR) Post #ATUN5hhV7WhtQHTuKW by moliver@pleistocene.social
2023-03-11T00:13:45Z
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@BarrenPlanet @gme @j And this is why cats are smarter. Domestic dogs are captives and dependent on their owners. Cats can work a whole neighborhood for scritches and treats.
(DIR) Post #ATUO84YHENi8pOrOXg by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-11T00:25:24Z
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@moliver @gme @j So can dogs! The most successful hunters on Earth, are dogs, with an 85% kill rate.There are no cats this good.https://youtu.be/h4SlAc2U1A4
(DIR) Post #ATUXJuZx2FWAxZMbBY by j@janxy.town
2023-03-11T01:07:11Z
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@moliver A very important distinction.@BarrenPlanet @gme
(DIR) Post #ATUXJv6Z4zbcaice1I by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-11T02:08:22Z
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@j @moliver @gme I get it, but you didn't have to be a c*nt about it.This isn't Twitter. Be kind.
(DIR) Post #ATUfTKDPt6nMi3p4aW by j@janxy.town
2023-03-11T03:39:43Z
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@BarrenPlanet No irony there. *Blocked.*@moliver @gme
(DIR) Post #ATV68Ozfcn9sD6dmym by moliver@pleistocene.social
2023-03-11T08:38:27Z
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@BarrenPlanet @j @gme Pot, meet kettle.
(DIR) Post #ATVnISrEPSn97Qjojw by BarrenPlanet@c.im
2023-03-11T16:42:07Z
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@gme @j@janxy.town @moliver@pleistocene.social They both blocked me for showing them the hard evidence that dogs are smarter than cats. 🤣The thing is that cats - being only semi-domesticated - are more self-sufficient. If that's a quality you happen to admire in a person, then you can anthropomorphize and project that onto your pet.But independence isn't a scientific criterion for intelligence. Canines have far broader behavioral repertoires, and more sophisticated problem-solving skills. It ain't even close.