Which is smarter cats or dogs?

[jason0273]

I think cats and dogs are equally smart. You can't teach a cat tricks simply because it doesn't care, there more indepenant. While a dog will jump though any hoop for approval.

[Aelia Jusa]

Originally posted by Xen: NO! Ziroc is right. We only use 10% of our brain! And we think we are smart.

NO! I am right [img]tongue.gif[/img] . The brain is used for a lot more things than conscious, rational thought. Everything is controlled in there - language, movement, emotions, respiration, heart rate, digestion, sensation, pain, you name it, the brain does it. About half (or more ?) the brain is white matter or axons, which are connections to other parts of the brain and to the spinal cord to the rest of the body. They are all being used. The rest is grey matter, or neurons, which send messages to other neurons via axons. A lot of the stuff the brain does is unconsious and automatic, like controlling digestion and heart rate and so on. So it might be true to say that we only use a small proportion of our brain to actively 'think', though 'thinking' is a pretty airy fairy term. You could say 'processing', but that includes automatic processing like language or sensory, or for automatic movement like writing. However even if we do only use a small part for rational thought, it is NOT true to then infer that if we could use more, we'd be smarter, because there's no more to use! It's all occupied

[BaRoN NiGhT]

Originally posted by Ziroc: quote: Originally posted by BaRoN NiGhT: most of u reply based on opinions.if your talking about which is smarter, well lets just see what affects the difference of intelligence between living things.as u know, we, humans are the smartest living thing.what is the cause of that?brain.yes, brain volume is the thing that makes the difference.the larger, the smarter.this is fact about cats and dogs brain volume: cat: 25.3 dog: 81 see!based on these facts, dogs r smarter.u cant resist it. but above all of that, i still love cats more.they are just lovable, playful,and not harmful like dogs. --------------------

That is totally a false truth. See, us Humans only USE 10% of our brains (and some I've met, much less [img]smile.gif[/img] )


So says the [img]graemlins/choc.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]what im talkin' about is the potential of the brain.the brain is an unbelievable part of the body.only a slight people realizes the true power of a brain.size does matter.people with big heads sometmes are less intelligence compared to people with smaller heads, is because of they cant use their brain effectively, and also genetics is also the factor that determines how living things can use its brain.

quoting someones else post:and about whales, yes the have big body size, but that doesn't mean that they have bigger brains.

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[slicer15]

Erm...if a whale's heart is the size of a car, I doubt the brain is smaller than a human one. Lots of animals are "smarter" than us instinctive-wise anyway, as we've become so...I dunno...non-instinctive. [img]tongue.gif[/img] We "think" rather than listen to the instinctive side of our brain. Of course, some of them can't be buried, like reflexes.

[Sir Kenyth]

Comparing cats to dogs and asking which is smarter is like comparing apples to oranges and asking which is better tasting. It's a subjective question and depends on how you look at it. Cats and dogs are programmed quite differently. Domestic house cats come from a stock of animals that were solitary carnivores. Dogs come from a stock of social omnivores. Dogs can taste and digest various sugars while cats need primarily protein and fats in their diets. Because of the need to process information from social intereaction, dog's brains are geared to learn more effectively in a social setting with dominant animals than cats. If you're looking at the animals as a species, social omnivores tend to be more able to succeed where solitary carnivores cannot because of their flexibility. Also, dogs possess voracious appetites, cast iron stomachs, and they'll eat anything even remotely edible. They're able to scrounge food almost anywhere. This makes them very environmentally flexible. In truth though, all cats and dogs have been domesticated for a long time, so this probably doesn't apply to pets. Does the social aspect make dogs "better" or "smarter"? Not necessarily. Just better at what they do.