There's smart--and then there's scary smart
A study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America makes the case that ages ago cats deliberately and cunningly domesticated themselves and so they could persuade people to give them free food and shelter - sometimes against their owners' better judgment.
If this is true, then we need to rethink the idea of apes being the smartest animals other than humans. Using tools and all that other crap is nothing compared to conning what would otherwise be your enemy into taking you in and catering to your every whim.
If this is true, then we need to rethink the idea of apes being the smartest animals other than humans. Using tools and all that other crap is nothing compared to conning what would otherwise be your enemy into taking you in and catering to your every whim.