And I thought pandas and koalas were lazy fucks.
Big cats are as lazy as domestic cats.
>>4912902>>4912884This probably also partially explains why cats are less intelligent than dogs
>>4912911Cats are less intelligent because a solitary predator cant afford to expend calories on excess thought. In fact, excess thought could disrupt what their brain needs to have: the finely tuned and extremely reliable instincts of a guided weapon system. Dogs are smart but clumsy and with thinking comes being wrong and having to learn. They only get away with it because they can lean on each other. A cat can never be wrong. It must automatically live its life correctly from birth with very little help. Humans and dogs/wolves need constant help.
>>4912911No one asked, dog buttsniffer
>>4912921Nah birdgang here>birdchads take a dump on cats>cats attack the dogsLol just like my funny crow webems
>>4912916Then how come dog species like coyotes, dingoes, and wolves prey on cats all the time?
>>4912911How does sleeping a lot make them less intelligent? A well rested brain is a healthy one.
>>4912916I would have agreed with this in the past but I have recently revised my opinions on cats. Feral and semi-feral cats seem to display much more intelligent behavior on average in my experience, perhaps because they exercise their social and problem-solving skills more. Also read some studies on cat colonies in Japan that were pretty fascinating and enlightening on how they interact with each other, their colonies are matriarchal and their politics revolve around food, mating rights, and territory/safety. My cat (adopted from a colony off the street that he still hangs with) is incredible at maintaining a timed routine, manages his own eating (does not overeat despite abundance of food), kills pests like a trained assassin (and will work with me to do so), reponds to the name I gave him, cooperates when he needs medical treatment, and can read my body language when I want or need him to be quiet... Pic related, this mfer waiting to find out what we're gonna do today.
>>4912930It's not sleeping per se, but the exorbitant amount of time sleeping. A lethargic lifestyle reflects a lethargic mind.
>>4912931And yet cats still have fewer neurons in their cerebral cortex than any dog species does.
>>4912936Behold, a creature exponentially more intelligent than you (by neuron count).
>>4912936Chihuahua lover is having a melty>>4912937Kek this
>>4912937>>4912943This isn't true at all. >Elephant cerebral cortex: The elephant's cerebral cortex has about 5.6 billion neurons, despite being twice the mass of the human cerebral cortex.>Human cerebral cortex: The human cerebral cortex has about 16.3 billion neuronsWhy are catfags so stupid?
>>4912950Humans have about 86 billion neurons. Elephants have somewhere around 250 billion.Your numbers are grotesquely low.
>>4912969Dogsisters I don't feel so good...
>>4912911Have you extracted the spice melange from your dog's anal glands yet?
>>4912969>>4912988Humans have 16 billion neurons *located in the cerebral cortex*Again, why are catfags so retarded?
>>4912937>>4912943>>4912969>>4912988Ofc Catfags are retarded like their animals lol. Anon only ever referred to cerebral cortex neuron count which determines intelligence not total brain count.
>>4913002So a greater kudu and owls mock most breed of dogs?
>>4913003And by cortical neuron count this thing mogs lions?
>>4912969>Responding to a post about CORTICAL neurons>pulls an unrelated figure out of thin airCats are definitively less intelligent than dogs, and apparently so are the ESL/illiterate catfags. Why do you feel the need to embarrass yourself with this cope? Their thinking hardware simply isn't there and neither is yours.>>4912931A cat is not as smart as most dogs, much closer to a dumb and small dog (ie: italian greyhound), and everything you've described is stuff we can observe in rats and most mammals in general. You have no idea how smart "stupid" actually is. It seems you think people are saying cats are subsentient non-beings. They are not. That's just banter. The smarter dogs you've heard so much about are doing things cats can't even dream of and encroaching on parrot territory at times. The cats are merely... about average for a mammal their size, really. Sometimes there is even a dog that is as stupid as a cat. We call them sighthounds.Most mammals, even the absurdly stupid ones, are absurdly intelligent compared to other animals.>>4913005Yes. And? Why does a social animal in a hostile environment with a low reproductive rate evolving a decent brain surprise you? Is it because it looks stupid? Horses are not merely as smart as dogs and wolves, they are much smarter. Monkeys are smarter than jaguars - and most predators in general. Wow! Nature!
>>4913003>KuduYes it's higher than the dog average but not to a insane degree.>owlsNo since a bunch of owls are lower than the dog average.>>4913005Yeah but they're pretty close. It's not a absolutely brutal rival mogging like how dogs have more than double the cortical neurons of cats.
>>4912884this thread is baiti want to masturbait that cat
>>4913075More proof that catfags are sick perverted freaks
>>4913089whatare you saying you wouldn't
>>4913055Having had both dogs and cats dogs are clearly much more intelligent than cats, and there is a big difference in induvidual cats too. But I never considered the antelopes to be intelligent animals, maybe they went under the radar somehow.
>>4913014>Tranimefag wall of textDidn't read lmao
>>4912916Lions are not solitary yet are also dumb. Your argument is invalid
>>4913174Lions are not dumb by observable complex behavior
>>4913194Lions are definitely dumb
>>4913158>newfag redditor cant readanime website go back>>4913194ants confirmed geniuses
Who the fuck cares about neuron count, cats are an ecological disaster
>>4913248Lions prank each other, ants follow a simple program
>>4913003>catfags be like>WELL IF THATS TRUE BIRDS ARE SMART AND THAT CANT BEAre you just now realizing birds are smart? Most birds are smarter than catsIf you wanted a free living supreme gentleman pet you should have been a birdfag. Chickens are dumb af and they’re actually only just as smart as cats. Pigeons are like mid tier dogs.
>>4913300Yeah, so are red foxes, they are wiping out small mammals in Australia. Why are you not shitting about red foxes in every thread?
>>4913317A cockatiel and a cat is of similar intelligence. Owls and eagles are known to be rather dumb by falconers.
>>4913158BASED BASED BASED BASED
>>4912924yeah that's exactly how it happens it's not like the cat would devour your bridbrained bird
>>4912884>hears bag crinkling>instantly wakes upI don't think cats ever deep sleep
>>4913319Owls are a special case. They have a fat cortex, but its almost entirely dedicated to sensory processing. Like a dolphin and its sonar pushing out into a whole new structure (paralimbic system) and yet manifesting chimp like intelligence out of a better brain. Cats and dogs are more comparable. If anything, the cat may be even dumber because it needs to use its cortex for processing its superior senses, while dogs are clumsy and put all their brains into social reasoning and problem solving. They have a great sense of smell but unlike vision and hearing, smell doesnt use a lot of processing power. It’s the simplest sense.
>>4913319Why are falcons smarter than owls and eagles?
>>4913319>A cockatiel and a cat is of similar intelligence.Pretty sure cockatiels are smarter>Owls and eagles are known to be rather dumb by falconers.Mosly owls.>>4914232Speed requires more smarts than stealth.
>>4914271>Speed requires more smarts than stealth.No it doesn't. Stealth requires restraining the instincts and some degree of planning.
So Shere Khan just sleeps around all day?
>>4914271Having kept both tiels and cats I found them pretty similar. It's just anecdotal ofc. Both are WAY smarter than pigeons.
kitteh slep zzzzzzzzzz
>>4914625Cats are dumb af however>>4914863Cats are objectively less intelligent than pigeons. They have sharper instincts, but lower intelligenceA chimp has sharper instincts than you. It’s also dumber.
>>4914891I have kept pigeons, they feel closer to reptiles in behavior and are far dumber than a guinea pig.
>>4915024The anon you're responding to has an irrational hatred for cats.he's not interested in whether or not cats are actually dumber than pigeons. He simply can't stand anyone saying anything positive about cats. Apparently his mother was raped and murdered by cats or something.
>>4915025NTA but cats are definitely dumber than pigeons.
>>4915066>NTAI totally believe youSchizophrenic trolls are known for being honest and trustworthy.
>>4915024I would say pigeons are about the intelligence of a cat. But fuck cats. They are annoying! They piss and shit in my yard and I have to use a hazmat suit to clean it off. They whine at 3AM for no reason. Essentially just as bad as most dogs.But its hard to compare intelligence of a visual species (like pigeons) and sound-smell species (like cats). Especially by neuroncount. What if smell requires more neurons to process than visual information?
>>4912902Yes. All Cats run the same software (and hardware). That is fundamentally the coolest part about cats. That we get to have mini tigers in our home.
>>4915089Both cockatiels and cats are inquisitive playful and can come up with own games to play and learn rules to games. Cats can communicate their wants from help reaching a space to asking to turn the heat on. Tiels innovate songs. The pigeons I nursed back to health (fledgelings) attacked my hand as I fed them and tried to mate with shoes. They are just dissapointingly dumb, barely smarter than a lizard. At least the guinea pigs had some smarts like knowing what kind of food they are getting from the sounds around the house.
>>4915165you're not going to convince the pathetic cretin that cats are smarter than bricks or nicer than used tamponshe literally had his parents killed by catshe hates cats and he hates you for giving cats the benefit of the doubt. If we ever find him in real life we'll feed him to the cats, but since he's our board janny we can't do shit to him here.
>>4915165>pigeon dumbI wonder. Is there a disease of sort, or some retard gene in pigeons? Why? Because I live in a small town suburb thing. Pigeons here are very aware of the surroundings and skittish. As a bird should be. But if you go to urban center, pigeons don't understand that going into crowd of people is equivalent to a meatgrinder. Vastly different behavior. >>4915172I like how schizophrenics like showing that somebody else is a schizophrenic too.
>>4915143Not even close. lions and cheetahs are much smarter and more social than housecats.
>>4915245Neither lions nor cheetahs are particularly smart
>>4915242>I like how schizophrenics like showing that somebody else is a schizophrenic too.I'm a drunk, not a schizophrenic.the difference is I can sober up sometimes, the schizo is stuck where he's at.also I know when I'm out of my mind,the cat hater guy has no clue he's insane.
>>4915803They are typical and about as smart as bears and the dumber wild canids (foxes etc)Definitely smarter than housecats. You can see the differences ie: increased dog like behavior and more loyalty with all the rich retards that keep big cats as pets. Cheetahs even naturally bond with dogs and see them as the leader. Definitely not as smart as wolves, which is surprising because their crocutan competitors are way smarter than wolves.
>>4915808I'd ask for citations for any or all of this but I understand it's made up on the spot.
>>4915805Wow you’re a real life schizoWhen did you realize the doctors would only conspire to make you a conforming slave you and you’re not crazy, just aware of patterns the sheeple aren’t and fully aware of why they matter?
>>4915810hey schizo.what are you talking about now?I'm surprised to meet you in a cat thread talking shit about catsagainfor the nine billionth time.
>>4915025Catfag coping that disliking cats is "irrational"
>>4916622there is disliking an animal and there is a schizo obsession of shitting on it in every cat and dog thread on the boardthis person needs to fuck off back to pol or reddit, wherever he crawled out of
>>4915245this just in: EVERYTHING is more intelligent than housecats.you are mentally ill, did you know that?
