Barring any ability to discuss quatum physics or crack jokes in a non-maternal language, which animal do you think is more intelligent, in general. I added the Orly owl for those of you who have a disdain for both cats and dogs.

Dogs rule.

They invented Poker, havent you seen the paintings?

What is the point of cats?

Cats, because they can make all those funny pictures.

Completely depends on what breed of dog we're talking about.

Cats. The two dogs I have ruined any hope I may have had for dogs having any intelligence what-so-ever.

Just based off my own experiences, I gotta go with cats. My roommate's dog, though I love her, might be the stupidest creature I've ever known. The same could be said for most dogs I've ever known, except for Dusty the chihuahua. But fuck Dusty. That dog was always biting me when I was a kid.

i would say dogs

but you never know with cats...they always seem to act like complete bitches most of the time

obv cats. Dogs mindlessly wag their tails and knock shit over/break shit

Also, cats are faaar better at poker. despite what this would have you believe:

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...showtopic=93730

i demand you post your avatar in your sig...but MUCH bigger

o hai

I'm going with cats for one reason alone.

let's say you're leaving town for three days. If you leave out three days worth of food for a cat, there will most likely still be a little left when you return at the end of the trip. If you were to do the same for a dog but you come home after only two days the dog dish would be empty. Furthermore, the dog will have left you plenty of doggy landmines all over the house due to the increased food intake, whereas the cat will still use the cat box and all you have to do is pitch the sand.

Cat's can learn to use and flush a toilet, fuck rin tin tin.

Ferrets

Dogs. Much prefer to spend my time with dogs. And neither one can read a book, so they're both dumb. AINEC

it's not even close. cats. people are for the most part voting for dogs because they prefer dogs to cats

It kind of depends. Dogs will listen to whatever their masters say. A true servant. Cats could give two shits about what you think, so while they don't listen to you and that is ****ing annoying.

It's tough to say cats are smarter because my two cats never respond to their name, only to louder inflection and voices. It's pathetic really.

I vote owls.

But have you seen their grammar?

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Cats suck.

Dogs rule and cats drool.


Also, I've never seen a tv show about a smart cat.

Lassie = dog, and Lassie > cat, therefore, dogs > cats

ah ha! i see you used the timmy theorem. good work.

your work does show promise, however, my esteemed colleague, you are forgetting the crumb proof which states that fritz=cat, and we all know fritz>dog, hence cat>dog.

coffee in the faculty lounge when you're done.

Dogs AINEC

i have never seen a cat get used to lead the blind, find bombs, rescue timmy from the well.


closest thing I have seen a cat do anything that smart is this.




Oscar the cat doesn't like to be put out in the hall when a patient is dying.


How can anyone like cats, they are like cigarettes only faster acting (4 hours for this cat) and dont make you look anywhere as cool.

I love dogs , but i have to give it to cats in the intelligence department. I wish it werent so but all signs point to pussy

If humans weren't around, cats would pretty much rule the world (the land part anyway). They're the essence of smart/fast/strong/agile.

One more thing...cats put their crap away; dogs eat manure/vomit. How is this even an argument?

QFT - My dog used to eat other animal's shit. It's disgusting. And my other dog would never listen, and was nearly impossible to train. She did some stupid things, despite being a relatively (supposedly) smart breed of dog. My cats, on the other hand, are genius. They make me laugh and have great personalities. They get into all kinds of crazy mischief because they figure out things they shouldn't be able to. My dogs were just dumb, had horrid breath, and walked around licking themselves (and trying to steal the cat food).

Garfield and Friends, biznatch.

Dogs, though it doesn't seem so due to their ever increasing dependence on humans. If we're talking wild dogs or wolves, then it's dogs by a long shot. The fact that a chiwawa craps around the house is a result of inbreeding and human intervention, and not the inherent intelligence of canines.

You wanna go up the cat family tree, I'm pretty sure a Lion would own a wolf AINEC.

It's really hard to say, but it certainly would be close. Wild dogs are much closer to dogs than a lion is to a house cat (which is what we're comparing) so considering the intelligence of a wild dog is a lot more appropriate than bringing a lion in to the discussion. I guess using a wolf was the lion equivalent, so we can ignore the wolf altogether if you'd like.

However, I would argue that a wolf and even a wild dog is "smarter" than, let's say, a lion. The only thing that I am going by is the complexity of hunting patterns (since each animal's entire life is based on hunting, then their ability to hunt is the best way to measure intelligence, just as I would measure the intelligence of a mathematician by how well he does math or an author by how good his literary work is). The hunting patterns of wild dogs, wolves, coyotes, etc. are certainly more complicated and intricate than those of a pack of lions (or whatever I'm supposed to call groups of what animal; I'm so sick of each animal getting it's own group name. And how stupid is the term "murder" for crows. God!), who instead focus on strength and speed rather than strategy.

Wouldn't it be dumb to ignore your strengths?

Pack of lions kills a pack of wolfs, you can even go down the chain to tigers, cheetahs, and get the same result I'd expect.

If you want to talk about who adapts to the wild better, I'm willing to bet your ordinary house cat would outlive a dog in the wild.

I think cheetahs are actually alot more like dogs then cats, something about retractable claws. I did a project in Grade 4.

I agree that the cat would survive longer. Dogs are like children they are very dependant.

I've owned many dogs and cats. I think cats in general are smarter and less needy. But, I did have a border collie that was pretty darn smart.

Exactly. The pinnacle of the dog is the wolf. However, wolves would get owned by a bunch of the big cats.

Lions have quite a bit of strategy to their hunting. Also, a lot of cats aren't as fast as their prey...so they use stealth/intelligence to hunt. Wolves can run, but they very often just win with their stamina.

The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a vulnerable member of the cat family (Felidae), a poor climber that hunts by speed and stealth. As such, it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx. It is the fastest of all land animals and can reach speeds of up to 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) in short bursts up to 460 metres (500 yards), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 110 kilometres per hour (70 mph) in three seconds, faster than most supercars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah

Aren't feral dogs a tremendous problem in California? I've heard that they form packs and are quite a problem. Ithink it takes a lot of intelligence to reach across breeds, etc and form a pack and function...

Ummmmm.....HELLO????


How many cats can play basketball, volleyball, baseball, soccer AND football???

How many dog's can Disney make a mockery of in a year? Cat's aren't' dumb enough to get clowned in their films, you just strengthened the cat argument.

Are black dudes always this cynical and humourless?



I guess my deeply embeded sarcasm of using Air Bud to make the dog point wasn't obvious enough.



However, golden retrievers >>>>>>>> cats any old day. So there.

A group of Russian scientists using a simple phonetic alphabet based on different dog barks, measured a Welsh border collie as having an I.Q human equivalent of 45.

somehow i dout that


links?

I'm drunk and skeptical as well, but if it's true they're basically on the same level of intelligence as severely retarded humans and shouldn't be kept on a leash.

Show us a cat that can do this

Yes

Because we have humor, I don't know what humour is... sounds like something a British person eats.

That's because dogs are scavengers and cats are hunters.

Sorry, i cant find the link, but his name was Rover. Or the Russian equivalent. Roverski?

Cheetahs are the only big cat that does not have retractable claws, to which one might attribute some of their speed ability.