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Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Are
Dogs or Cats Smarter?]]> http://www.petplay.com/blog/dogs-cats/
How many of you have debated with friends that your dog is
smarter than their cat? Or vice versa? It's a question that has
been debated since the beginning of time... okay, not that long,
but you get the idea. Recently Pawnation.com posted an article
about this very topic and detailed the results from a study
conducted by Oxford University. For some (like me) the results
are not very surprising. :)  People often think cats are smarter
than dogs because they have more independant personalities.
However according to the study, the more social an animal the
bigger their brain. Dr. Suzanne Schultz (who led the study) told
the Telegraph that the study "suggests the co-operation and co-
ordination needed for group living can be challenging and over
time some mammals have evolv