Scientists Reveal If Cats Or Dogs Are Smarter

Cats and dogs are beloved by humans, but which is really smarter? University of Salford researchers claims dogs take the cake. The scientists have identified 47 different potential gestures they say dogs might purposefully do to tell humans something. Surprisingly, most of them mean “scratch me,” not, “feed me.” Also, other data has proven that dogs have a denser cerebral cortex than cats do – dogs have about 530 million neurons calculating their behavior, while cats only have 230 million. Here’s a quick dog-to-human dictionary to help you translate your pup’s desires:

Feed Me:

• Using its snout and head to move your hand on to its body
• Holding one paw in the air while sitting
• Turning its head from side-to-side, looking between a human and another object
• Standing on its hind legs
• Using its mouth to throw a toy forwards

Scratch Me:

• Rolling over in front of you
• Pressing its nose against you or another object
• Licking you or an object
• Lifting a paw and placing it on you
• Gently biting your arm
• Short shuffles along the ground while rolling over
• Lifting a back leg while laying on its side
• Rubbing its head against you while leaning against you

Play With Me:

• Briefly touching a person with a single paw
• Diving headfirst under a person or object
• Reaching a paw towards an object of interest
• Wiggling its body underneath a person or object

Open The Door For Me:

• Lifting both paws off the ground and placing them on its owner or a nearby object
• Jumping up and down, either on to an object or not, while in the same location.