Cats VS Dogs

[popcornbird]

I vote birds. What kind of dog or cat can communicate with humans in the human language? Only birdies can accomplish such an amazing feat!

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/featur...iencebirdbrain

Within the past decade, researchers have established the parrot's capacity for humanlike speech. Not mimicry, mind you, but actual conversation. Their spokesperson--er, spokesparrot--is Alex, a captive-reared African gray who resides in the lab of Irene Pepperberg, a research professor at Brandeis University.

Alex can name 50 items, seven colors, five shapes, and quantities from one to six. He can put words together into meaningful phrases and even seems capable of abstract thought. Once, unable to lift a cup that was covering one of his treats, Alex is said to have turned to the nearest human assistant and demanded, "Go pick up cup."

Now that's intelligence. Wait 'til Alex discovers the remote control unit for Pepperberg's TV set.

Between dogs and cats, I say dogs are smarter. Honestly, I have never seen a cat responding so intelligently like a dog. I love cats.......more than dogs, but I believe dogs are smarter.