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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amaresu
2009-06-19 04:59 am UTC (link)

Joining in on the cat stories.

My cat figured out really quickly that I will not get out of bed and feed him just because he's being annoying. He then figured out not only the purpose of my alarm, but when it goes off. I have on more than one occasion woken up to him standing on me waiting for the alarm to go off. He'll be perfectly quiet up until it goes off and then it's a free for all on harassing me for food.

Unfortunately he doesn't understand weekends. He knows the alarm doesn't go off, but about an half hour past when it would've gone off he's standing on me and meowing in my ear.

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	sandglass 2009-06-19 05:29 am UTC (link)
	My dad's cat figured out how to turn on their clock radio. She stopped after a while because being annoying will get them up, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	zara_zero 2009-06-19 11:41 am UTC (link)
	My cat isn't too fussed about early morning feedings (she used to technically be my ex-boyfriend's cat, who won't get up before noon if he can help it, so she's used to waiting) and so if I have an alarm go off in the morning she's more likely to be woken up by it as well and meow and/or hide her head under her paws. It's adorable. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sizer 2009-06-20 01:52 am UTC (link)
	This is my fat cat. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosalita 2009-06-21 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	On days that I wouldn't get up in time to suit him, my dearly departed cat Max would slap the top of the alarm clock in an attempt to make it go off. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ruslan 2009-07-03 04:50 am UTC (link)
	My cat just uses the bomb drop method. When I'm fast asleep and he wants me up, he starts at the end of the room, gains speed, jumps up, over the footboard, hovers... ... WHUMPH. Right in the face. Or the stomach. Or the chest. And that cat is not light. Doesn't even try to land like a cat, just belly flops. I have never known a cat to do anything like that before Misha. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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