The Intelligence of Cats

Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight. Human
brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats section
of www.odd-info.com

"javawizard" wrote in message
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Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight. Human
brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats section
of www.odd-info.com

Although I love cats, I would have a great deal of trouble believing that
they were more intelligent than dolphins, or several other
non-primates......I will say this, however....Their aloof personalities
sucker people into thinking they are a lot more intelligent than they
actually are.....IOW, they sure can act intelligent.....:^)

javawizard wrote:
Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight. Human
brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats section
of www.odd-info.com

CROSSPOSTING SNIPPED

I didn't look at this link because I have NO idea who this person is and I
don't click on links posted by people I don't know. I, for one, don't
welcome another influx of crossposted posts degenerating into flame wars
such as we experienced a year or three ago. Just IMHO. Please, if you wish
to reply, reply only to the group(s) you wish to reply to, not all of them
at one fell swoop. Thank you

Anyway, I took some of the 'pin money' I got for my birthday and brought
home fish & chips for dinner last night. In the southern U.S. that also
means hush puppies come with the meal. Knowing how much Persia loves
anything made with cornmeal, I broke my rule about giving her anything other
than her r/x food and broke off a tiny piece of my hush puppy and gave it to
her. She honestly smiled at me! Although, I think she would have preferred
to sneak it off my plate herself.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
javawizard wrote:
Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight.
Human brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats
section of www.odd-info.com

CROSSPOSTING SNIPPED

I didn't look at this link because I have NO idea who this person is
and I don't click on links posted by people I don't know.

He's a spammer trying to get people to visit his site, I wouldn't click on
either. I killfiled him weeks ago.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

"jmcquown" wrote in
:


.....
brought home fish & chips for dinner last night. In the southern U.S.
that also means hush puppies come with the meal. Knowing how much
Persia loves anything made with cornmeal, I broke my rule about giving
her anything other than her r/x food and broke off a tiny piece of my
hush puppy and gave it to her. She honestly smiled at me!
.....

Jill




I don't blame her one bit! Yum!

Andy

ps: a bit of tarter sauce for dipping all three would not be bad.

On Friday 27 July 2007 16:28, William Graham wrote:


"javawizard" wrote in message
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Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight.
Human brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats
section of www.odd-info.com

Although I love cats, I would have a great deal of trouble believing
that they were more intelligent than dolphins, or several other
non-primates......I will say this, however....Their aloof
personalities sucker people into thinking they are a lot more
intelligent than they actually are.....IOW, they sure can act
intelligent.....:^)

All cetaceans have very large and highly developed brains. If we were
to judge by the brain morphology alone, we would have a great deal of
trouble believing that humans were more intelligent than dolphins, or
any cetacean for that matter.
The ratio of brain weight to body weight can be misleading. What's
important is the number of muscles controlled and the sensory
information processed, not the size of those muscles or sensors. The
part of the brain that deals with body control must be evaluated
according to the amount if information to be processed. Controlling
one muscle to contract or not takes the same brain power whether it is
a large muscle or a small muscle, so the relationship between brain
size and body size should not be expected to be linear. The brain
power required to operate an elephant's trunk, however, would be more
than that used to operate a human arm, because of the complexity of the
muscles that drive it.
All the areas of a human brain that relate to conscious thought can be
seen to be more highly developed in the caetacean. What we can say
about cats is that they appear to make very good use of the the brains
they have. We should all know that cats know how to love, of course
and they deal with a lot more sensory data that we humans get served to
our brains. A cat's intelligence is ideally suited to being a cat, and
they're all smarter than George Bush! (;-)) But then again, who isn't?

--
Regards,
Fred

an he diddnt stutter! Go Fred!
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
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On Friday 27 July 2007 16:28, William Graham wrote:


"javawizard" wrote in message
oups.com...
Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight.
Human brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats
section of www.odd-info.com

Although I love cats, I would have a great deal of trouble believing
that they were more intelligent than dolphins, or several other
non-primates......I will say this, however....Their aloof
personalities sucker people into thinking they are a lot more
intelligent than they actually are.....IOW, they sure can act
intelligent.....:^)

All cetaceans have very large and highly developed brains. If we
were
to judge by the brain morphology alone, we would have a great deal of
trouble believing that humans were more intelligent than dolphins, or
any cetacean for that matter.
The ratio of brain weight to body weight can be misleading. What's
important is the number of muscles controlled and the sensory
information processed, not the size of those muscles or sensors. The
part of the brain that deals with body control must be evaluated
according to the amount if information to be processed. Controlling
one muscle to contract or not takes the same brain power whether it is
a large muscle or a small muscle, so the relationship between brain
size and body size should not be expected to be linear. The brain
power required to operate an elephant's trunk, however, would be more
than that used to operate a human arm, because of the complexity of the
muscles that drive it.
All the areas of a human brain that relate to conscious thought can
be
seen to be more highly developed in the caetacean. What we can say
about cats is that they appear to make very good use of the the brains
they have. We should all know that cats know how to love, of course
and they deal with a lot more sensory data that we humans get served to
our brains. A cat's intelligence is ideally suited to being a cat, and
they're all smarter than George Bush! (;-)) But then again, who isn't?

--
Regards,
Fred

Fred Williams = ****wit

You iz sure smurt fura hooman Tiger
Fred Williams wrote in message
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On Friday 27 July 2007 16:28, William Graham wrote:


"javawizard" wrote in message
oups.com...
Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight.
Human brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats
section of www.odd-info.com

Although I love cats, I would have a great deal of trouble believing
that they were more intelligent than dolphins, or several other
non-primates......I will say this, however....Their aloof
personalities sucker people into thinking they are a lot more
intelligent than they actually are.....IOW, they sure can act
intelligent.....:^)

All cetaceans have very large and highly developed brains. If we
were
to judge by the brain morphology alone, we would have a great deal of
trouble believing that humans were more intelligent than dolphins, or
any cetacean for that matter.
The ratio of brain weight to body weight can be misleading.
What's
important is the number of muscles controlled and the sensory
information processed, not the size of those muscles or sensors. The
part of the brain that deals with body control must be evaluated
according to the amount if information to be processed. Controlling
one muscle to contract or not takes the same brain power whether it is
a large muscle or a small muscle, so the relationship between brain
size and body size should not be expected to be linear. The brain
power required to operate an elephant's trunk, however, would be more
than that used to operate a human arm, because of the complexity of the
muscles that drive it.
All the areas of a human brain that relate to conscious thought
can be
seen to be more highly developed in the caetacean. What we can say
about cats is that they appear to make very good use of the the brains
they have. We should all know that cats know how to love, of course
and they deal with a lot more sensory data that we humans get served to
our brains. A cat's intelligence is ideally suited to being a cat, and
they're all smarter than George Bush! (;-)) But then again, who isn't?

--
Regards,
Fred

javawizard wrote:
Cats have been rated as the most intelligent animals under primates.
Cats' brains weigh about one percent of their total body weight. Human
brains weight two percent of our total weight. - from the cats section
of www.odd-info.com


One of the differences between a human being and a cat is that a cat
knows everything a cat needs to know.

Bud