>>6946751>millions of cat videos online>millions of dog videos online>interaction with pets hundreds and thousands of times in life time>make claims that aren't in line with millions of examples that can be easily foundHMMMMMM
>The actual problem is you don't know how to read them.I think it's just projecting and why despite millions of studies and research hours, there's almost nothing to back up those claims. Since cats can't talk, we can only observe their highly skittish actions even among loving owners.
I've had more than one GF's make a claim that "OMG! My cat loves you. Ive never seen my cat like a stranger so immediately" and then the cat rubs up against me, licks me, follows me around, etc. Simple.
Whereas with a dog it comes up to be petted, follows me around, then tries to get me to play with it, bringing me a ball, taking shit out of my hands and running away, does what i say, sits with me instead of owner, express sadness when they see me leaving. It's very welcoming and human-like.
Yep, we bred them, but we bred them to be our tools, not friend. Just like the horse. Expressive friendship is just a byproduct. Yet we also bred cats to be the same way and where's that expressive friendship? mostly projected and barely there. Very simplistic.
BTW, humans are bred to be social too, so conditioning is pretty moot. The complexity is what matters. IT's why autists and psychopaths are so disliked, because they have a hard time acting like the rest of us, just like cats.
Dogs show great empathy like w/webm.
>Octopi may be very intelligent,That's because octopuses are hard to observe, just like most shit that goes on underwater. Plus, they're so unhuman-like it's hard to guess at what they're conveying under strict monitoring. Dolphins and other water mammals are just better at it, so they're far more obvious even at the surface where humans can interact with them better.
I'd put a rabbit's companionship in the same category as a cat's.
