are dogs or cats smarter?
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Dogs, it turns out, have about twice the number of neurons in their cerebral cortexes than what cats have, which suggests they could be about twice as intelligent. This finding was provisionally accepted for publication and will soon publish in the journal Frontiers in Neuroanatomy.
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Dogs are less intelligent than most people think, a new study has found, revealing that canines are no smarter than pigeons, sheep or goats. ... "Yet in each and every case we found other valid comparison species that do at least as well as dogs do in those tasks."
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University found that a dog's cerebral cortex contains more than twice the neurons of a cat's brain. Neurons are cells associated with thinking, planning and complex behaviors, thus strongly related to intelligence. And dogs have it way over cats in the neuron department.
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Like dogs, cats also have an uncanny ability to detect ailments and diseases as well. Cats also have an acute sense of smell and have the ability to sniff out a chemical change in the body caused by a disease. And both dogs and cats can also sense the change in mood, behavior and pattern that affect a daily routine.
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Dogs Are Not as Intelligent as Seals? Hambrick, a cognitive psychologist, also notes that bottlenose dolphins and the grey seals were better able to follow human hand signals, even though dogs are bred to be sensitive to human communications. ... We factor in social and emotional intelligence.
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Your Dog Is Probably Dumber Than a Wolf, And Here's Why. Wolves have an understanding of cause-and-effect that domesticated dogs do not - and they're just as good as dogs at following directions given by a human.
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It's harder to train a domestic cat than it is a dog because cats are more recently domesticated than dogs. ... Cats are also less food-motivated than dogs. They're obligate carnivores and they can't even taste sweet things, which makes them harder to train with food.
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They can outpace the intelligence of children, dolphins, primates and other animals that are seen as more intelligent: ... They learn faster than dogs or primates and their intelligence is compared to that of a three year old child. Cows have excellent problem solving skills that involves logic.
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Scientists have found that pigs are smarter than dogs, and can solve problems just as well chimpanzees.
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The smartest breed Are some breeds smarter than others? According to many experts, the answer is no, although some breeds may be better adapted to certain tasks. For example, working dogs have been bred to understand and follow commands.
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Scientists have found that pigs are smarter than dogs, and can solve problems just as well chimpanzees. ... Overall, research suggests pigs have excellent long-term memories, and are skilled at mazes and other tests requiring location of objects.
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Crows / ravens are probably smarter than dogs, can be trained to sing better than parrots and trained to perform complicated tasks involving tools.
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Considered by many wildlife biologists to be one of the most intelligent land animals of North America, bears possess the largest and most convoluted brains relative to their size of any land mammal. ... Zookeepers and animal trainers consider bears to be smarter than dogs.
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"If you assume an animal has to survive without human presence, then wolves are smarter. But if you are thinking that dogs have to survive in a human environment where it's very important to follow the communications of humans, then in this aspect, dogs are smarter."
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New research has found that dogs love their owners five times more than cats do. Now that's a golden point to bring up in your next cat or dog argument. According the study, carried out as part of BBC's Cat Vs Dog documentary, dogs are a lot more caring and affectionate.
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Both dogs and cats are certainly smarter than owls, who despite their reputation, aren't really that bright.
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Dog lovers have been saying it for years: dogs are smarter than many people give them credit for. Now, scientists are joining in. ... On the whole, psychologist and dog researcher Stanley Coren estimates, the average dog's intelligence is roughly as sophisticated as a 2.5-year-old baby's.