Pet intelligence wank
The Guardian: Cats outsmarted in psychologist's test.

You can imagine how well this goes with the readers. Besides the predictable flood of pet owner butthurt and anecdotes of clever / stupid cats / dogs / mice / owls, there are plenty of genuinely funny comments as well as a side wank on the validity of test methods and statistics, obligatory calls to talk about world hunger instead or discuss the intelligence of various nationalities, and, naturally, Hitler and his pets make a bonus appearance. I think one could play classical wank bingo in here, but some of the stories make it all worthwhile.

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beccastareyes
2009-06-18 05:43 pm UTC (link)

My little brother never really liked cats until Mom got Peppy, our youngest one, who seems to think he is a combination of dog and squirrel. (Only cat I've seen that rough-houses with humans while playing. On the other hand, he also grooms the family if he can get at our heads, sleeps in the sink, and refuses to drink water unless it's from the toilet or sitting in a dish in the sink, so he's definitely got some weird-cat traits.)

Peppy probably also would not be attracted to treats. The only time food other than his dry cat food is interesting is if Geno, our other cat, is eating it and Peppy needs to make sure that Geno isn't getting anything he wants. (Strings on the other hand, are great...)

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	amaresu 2009-06-19 04:40 am UTC (link)
	It was something like 16 years before my cat Snickers showed any interest in food beyond his dry stuff. So it could just be that Peppy needs to age a bit? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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