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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luxshine
2009-06-19 04:47 pm UTC (link)

Oh, yeah. She hates when I laugh at her, and yet, five minutes later, she's again trying to do the same.
The best part is when she get's to the ceiling through a half column in one of the walls, and THEN she decides that maybe it wasn't such a good idea, and MAYBE cats aren't made to walk on ceilings... but has no idea of how to come down without falling so she stays there, stuck, looking between pitiful, but at the same time trying to pass it off as if it was exactly what she planned to do, because of course she's not going to ask the lowly human for help to get down.
(Of course, Indiana is not a good example of cat intelligence. On the other hand, Dakota, my newest rescue kitten, is a mastermind of evil who in two weeks figured out how to open the container with the kitty food. Not to eat, no. It's because she likes sprawling it all over the floor, so I have to get out the broom... and she likes to play with said broom)

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	deadwood 2009-06-19 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	There, see? Dakota perfectly understands cause and effect! If she opens the container and spreads food everywhere, you'll get the swishy toy! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	luxshine 2009-06-20 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Exactly! Cats know exactly how to get what they want :D (Serengethi, my third cat, is easier to live with. All she cares for is a warm spot to sleep. Unfortunately, said warm spot tends to be right on top of my keyboard. While I'm typing.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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