These Are the 11 Smartest Cat Breeds
On 1/31/21 at 7:00 PM EST
Cats are among some of the most intelligent animals on the planet, despite what some people may think about felines. How else could you explain this cat, who plays a tiny piano to notify his owners that it's feeding time? Or this cat who, somehow, actually called 911 when his disabled owner was in need of emergency services?
They may be deemed untrainable, but the level of intelligence and capability of some cats ring high on the IQ meter. Cats in general have a brain structure that resembles that of the most intelligent animals in the ecosystem, including human beings. In fact, a cat's cat's cerebral cortex—the part of the brain that manages rational decision making and complex problem solving—boasts some 300 million neurons, according to