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Experts found that dogs have more neurons in their cerebral cortex than cats The region has been linked with thinking, planning and complex behaviours Dogs have around 530 million cortical neurons while cats have 250 million The researchers found bigger brains do not always have more cortical neurons By Harry Pettit For MailonlinePublished: 05:42 EST, 30 November 2017 | Updated: 06:55 EST, 30 November 2017The debate over whether dogs or cats are the smartest pet has raged for decades, if not centuries.But in a twist that is sure to ruffle the fur of cat-lovers, new research shows that dogs are more intelligent than their feline foes after all.Experts showed that dogs have more than twice as many brain cells in a region linked with thinking, planning and other complex behaviours...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5131945/Dogs-really-smarter-cats-research-suggests.html
And are pigs actually smarter than both? Maybe. Where does that leave us?
A lot of stories of dogs killing people, babies, etc. as well.
@TomSea Only happens when dogs are 1)trying to protect their master or 2) are abused which would include neglect, fighting etcWith the exception of dogs that have been bred to fight a properly trained and treated dog will not kill without cause.
Conjecture. This can not be objectively sourced. Oh, sure, a pit bull kills a baby or even a lab which has happened. Oh, he was trying to protect his master.
Yes, but almost always mis-bred pit mixes.
Dog killed ripped 2-month-old baby's legs off while father slept in other room: policeBY Michael SheridanA supposedly "gentle" pooch named Lucky is suspected of killing a 2-month-old baby and tearing the child's body apart in South Carolina.Aiden McGrew, who was born on Valentine's Day and was the youngest of three children, was found dead in his family's mobile home Friday in Ridgeville by his mother, according to The Post and Courier newspaper.The baby was in a swing when Lucky, a golden retriever-Labrador mix, bit the child several times and tore off his legs, authorities said.Continued: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dog-killed-2-month-old-baby-ripped-child-legs-father-slept-room-police-article-1.1065711
OK, Tom. What's your point regarding the topic of this thread?
@TomSea Not conjecture, its knowledge of dogs.Dogs should not be left alone with new babies because they see them as a threat for the affection of the owner. Not an unusual action in animals. When properly socialized and not neglected a dog will accept a baby as part of the family and will protect that baby.Pit Bulls were bred to fight. They make great pets with the proper owner but if their instincts for fighting are triggered they are very dangerous.
4 dogs kill Alabama woman; seriously injure anotherBy Associated Press November 29 at 3:12 PMGUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — An attack by four dogs has left one woman dead and another seriously injured in Alabama.WAFF-TV reports the attack happened Wednesday morning in Guntersville, which is about 70 miles (115 kilometers) north of Birmingham. The TV station quotes authorities as saying 46-year-old Tracey Patterson Cornelius of Guntersville was killed and another woman was seriously injured and being treated at a hospital. Her name was not released.Authorities say Marshall County Animal Control captured all but one of the dogs involved in the attack.Continued at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/4-dogs-kill-alabama-woman-seriously-injure-another/2017/11/29/9bd36ac6-d541-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html?utm_term=.9e70602543df
So, it's your knowledge. Okay.
In the 1970s the Doberman Pinscher breed, held the same "dangerous" status as the Pit Bull breed does, now. Insert image functionality no longer works for me.Win 10It stopped working a few days before the recent "upgrade" outage
No its knowledge of anyone who knows dogs and isnt an emotional wreck.When dogs hurt people its almost always because of something their owner did or didnt do.
@TomSea, it sure looks like you're here just to be argumentative. Take it elsewhere please. No pigs in the story and no homicidal dogs.
So? Truth remains dogs kill humans periodically.