• SolarNialamide@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    One of mine is pretty dumb but she does know I’m about to vacuum as soon as I pick up the first of her toys off the ground lol. Maybe that’s why she’s so dumb, I guess all of her intelligence points went into that and now there’s nothing left for other stuff

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
      5·
      11 months ago

      There was a behavioral study that proved fairly conclusively that cats recognize their names but unlike dogs simply don’t care that you’re calling them.

      I think about this a lot when people call their cats dumb. Maybe they just can’t bother with us…

      • SolarNialamide@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 months ago

        She definitely knows and reacts to her name. I also don’t think all cats are dumb. It’s just that this particular one is a little dummy. Intelligence varies between cats just like it varies between humans or dogs or whatever other species on the planet. I’ve had four cats in my life and it’s pretty obvious who are a little more gifted in the intelligence department and who aren’t. I mean, she knows her own name and what happens right before the vacuum comes out, but God forbid you give her the absolute simplest treat puzzle in the damn world. She literally hasn’t figured out a single one in her 5 years on this planet while it took/takes my average or smart cats 30 seconds. I had a cat who was even dumber than her, but she was the runt of the litter and I think something was actually a little wrong with her, lol.