Measuring domestic cat intelligence through their abilities
This is a cross-post on an infographic which looks at cat intelligence from a different perspective. Humans tend to measure domestic cat intelligence through their eyes. They project their ideas of intelligence onto their cat. They also tend, sometimes, to make comparisons with dogs. Dogs tend to be good at playing fetch because often they're working dogs bred over thousands of years to fetch. And dogs are more trainable than cats because they are pack animals and look to their master, their human owner, for answers Therefore, it is unhelpful to compare cats with dogs when trying to measure intelligence. But you might hear a person saying that their cat is intelligent because they play fetch and because they learn very quickly when they train their cat. Their cat might be intelligent, even more intelligent than average, but I don't think these are good tests. Dr. Fogle looks at the abilities of domestic cats and works backwards from there. Of course, many domestic cats don...