Brendan Howard returns with animal health content in a quick summary of a recent PBS NewsHour report < link >. PBS posed the question of pet intelligence to three scientists: a neuroscientist, a dog cognition expert and a cat behavior and cognition researcher.
When one of these scientists counted the brain cells in these animals, there was a clear winner. Even with this victory, the latest behavioral research on animal intelligence challenges all of the old-school notions of what it means to be smart.” – PBS
Source: Daily Paws, October 15, 2020. Link. “Humans often assume that because cats are not complaining, and are so independent, that they don’t need to see a veterinarian,” Kelly St. Denis, DVM, says. “Their ability to hide illness makes their visits to the vet all the more critical.”