Are cats smarter or dogs smarter?

Since ancient times, humans have been divided into two categories

They all think that they have the truth

They are cats and dogs↓

The most intense question is, which one is smarter?

Dogs may say that from a training perspective, dogs are not as smart as cats, understand people's words, respond to people's orders, and even work dogs are better than cats in all aspects. After all, there are many dogs who can work: guide dogs, drug dogs, rescue dogs...

, and cats who can work have almost no

These are facts 1}It seems that it is quite unfavorable to cats, but cats are amazing.

can recover all disadvantages in just one sentence

"It's just a cold"

This sentence is 90% excuse for people, but it is quite appropriate for cats. In the academic world, there are a lot of research on dogs on IQs. There is almost no research on cats. Because cats really don't cooperate!

Unlike dogs, they will actively cooperate with people to conduct experiments

In experiments, cats generally only have two reactions

For example, there is an experiment, scientists put cats and dogs into a maze

Actively explore dogs and dogs will feel frustrated when they reach a dead end

Where is the cat? Lying down and sleeping directly, the cats and dogs are fighting non-stop

Who is smarter?

Today I will make the most comprehensive comparison

1

Mirror experiment

Self-awareness

is a manifestation of intelligence

The so-called self-awareness

The problem is that there is a problem with

Dogs and cats cannot tell people

"I know that I am a dog/cat"

So in 1970

Scientists proposed a very clever way-

Looking in the mirror

Don't be aware It is very simple to look in the mirror

Even humans cannot recognize themselves in their infants. Most human babies under 18 months old will regard themselves in the mirror

as another friend

and try to play and communicate with "other"

usually babies over 18 months old will begin to know that the "people" in the mirror

are actually themselves

Scientists do this

First let the animals look in the mirror

Let them know that there is this thing first After learning about the

and other animals adapt to the mirror, anesthetize them

and then apply the odorless red pigment

on their heads or faces

so that the animals can't see it themselves after waking up

can only see through the mirror

After waking up

, they can recognize their animals

and find through the mirror

"Ah, my face is dirty"

will naturally try to wipe or rub off the abnormal red

. Unfortunately,

Cats failed the test

Dogs did not pass the test

But this experiment is also very controversial

For example, some people think that the visual details of cats and dogs are not good

The main sense of smell

, so looking in the mirror is unfair

, and some people think that looking in the mirror cannot represent all the IQs

, and...

The blue striped cracked lip fish also passed the mirror test

, which is very embarrassing

Could it be that this fish has higher IQs than cats and dogs?

2

Different and distinguishing

There is another very important point in self-awareness, that is,

Learn to distinguish the other person

You will be different in front of your parents and in front of your friends

This means that people can distinguish different people

and change their behavior

(nonsense)

This involves a ability-

Classification

Although everyone can

Don't forget

If you don't say humbly, our human IQ can beat other animals

This ability we don't think is ability

It is possible that other animals can do it at all At

, and the dog performs very well

It can clearly know the difference between humans and dogs

From many videos of secretly taking dogs at home, it can be seen that the behavior of dogs is very different in the case of people and no ones

For example, the dog who likes to destroy the house when there is no one

is very well-behaved in front of the owner

The dog who is usually quiet waiting for the owner to come back will be lively and coquettish in front of the owner

, and the cat is different

, many times, people are there or not

There is no relationship at all

The behavior of someone and no one

The behavior of cats will basically not change

What should you play

Lying down

It means that it may not have any b-digits in mind

Scientists have tested experiments

The dog has strong discernment ability

It can not only quickly identify the difference between humans and dogs

It can also distinguish birds, horses, cows, sheep and other animals through (rather than smell)

The performance of cats is relatively poor

What?

You ask why

scientists don't test cats' discrimination ability?

The same reason -

Dogs have the advantage

But as mentioned earlier, cats do not change their social behavior

It may be that they are colder

Cats are not considered to be social animals

Maybe it is not that the cat has insufficient IQ

The status of the shoveler is not enough

The cats do not take it seriously at all

3

The cerebral cortex

If you can't tell the difference between the experiment, then let's take a simple and crude

Some scientists believe that the brain is running fast or not

There are all the brain running fast or not

There are many neurons in the brain? The more neurons there are, the faster the running speed is, it means the smarter it is. Isn't it enough to see who has a developed brain?

It is generally believed that the part responsible for complex thinking is the cerebral cortex outside the brain, so they started counting neurons in the cerebral cortex, and finally found that there are 5 cerebral cortex in the cerebral cortex.30 million nerve cells

while cats only 250 million

From a material basis, dogs can handle more complex things than cats

So dogs are theoretically smarter than cats

Although it cannot be said to be a complete victory

, in the current scientific community, dogs still lead by the edge

. It is generally believed that cats are smarter

may be just because cats are "very cold"