Book IV · My Home Is the Road · Chapter 84 of 127

always thought cats were the smartest creatures

April 10, 2022 Мексика ~2 min read
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Essay Spring · Evening April 10, 2022

I’ve always considered cats the most intelligent creatures. I’m convinced that cats are evolutionarily superior to dogs in terms of intellect. Of course, if we’re talking about the average across the board. Most average cats are intellectually more developed than most average dogs.

It’s clear there’s no point comparing a trained German Shepherd, whose training takes years, with an ordinary house cat. And even here there are exceptions. Cats don’t need to train to be smart—it’s innate in them. Before you stand true geniuses, my friends.

I think all cats were dogs before and only later started being born as cats—like a next level.

Their intelligence is something unique. It’s so developed in them that it doesn’t even need to be developed at all—it’s on a completely different level, inaccessible to dogs. Roughly, it can be compared to right-brainers and left-brainers. The comparison is crooked, but I couldn’t come up with other analogies. I think strangely in the morning. It’s like different gears, a fast lane, 3rd and 5th gear of a car.

Why do you think cats are harder to train? Isn’t it because they’re smart, cunning, and have a freedom-loving character? Who knows, maybe they’re even more perfect than humans. After all, we serve them, while dogs serve us. They’ve forced us to worship them, while dogs still have to earn our favor. So it turns out we’re floating somewhere in between... Maybe they’re hidden gods? A secret civilization, like some kind of ants?

And in the video we see clear confirmation of true feline bravery. While small cowardly little dogs can only yap or sneakily nip at your shin (inferiority complex) when you’re peacefully retreating and thinking only one thing—how not to accidentally kick and kill it—cats, whose size is often even smaller than small dog breeds, display unprecedented bravery )))

Just look how skillfully they handle crocodiles, lions, bears, and snakes—no worse than mongooses. True warriors!

Yes, a true warrior won’t pick a fight for no reason—he attacks only when he’s sure of victory and determined. Or when there’s no other choice, that’s understood. If he’s not sure, he carefully prepares the attack, waiting for the right moment. Because cats aren’t fighters or guards like dogs—cats are hunters and warriors. A completely different caste. You won’t even know when the cat will deliver its decisive blow. The cat always strikes precisely at the target or doesn’t strike at all. Energy conservation—cats as hunters are flawless in this too. And the fact that it hasn’t eaten someone yet says only one thing—about its mercy.

Honor and glory to them...
A low bow to the feline spirit!

Arthur O’Harra.

#FelineSpirit

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