Ask any cat owner and he (or she) will tell you that the feline is smarter than the canine. According to a scientific study from University of Bristol (UK) at least the cat owners are more educated than dog owners.
Homes with degree-holders were 1.36 times more likely to have a cat than other households. The same homes were less likely to have a dog than households where no-one went to university.
It probably didn’t take a university study to discover that. Just ask any cat owner!
The study, published in the Veterinary Record journal, also found that cat owners were more likely to be older and female. Both cat and dog owners were more likely than the general population to live in households with gardens in rural areas.
Of course, this study follows one from last year that compared cats’ intelligence to that of dogs:
The popular myth of cat intelligence was dented last year with the publication of a study showing that they did worse than dogs at a simple reasoning task. Cats presented with two pieces of string, only one of which was attached to a food reward, could not tell which one to pull for their treat.
Well, that study may be contradicted by the more educated cat owners who will always believe their felines to be more intelligent than the dog next door.
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