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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
And again, cats are not people. They have very very primitive brains. As disheartening as it clearly is to some, it's a simple fact of biology.
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Animals may not be able to write a novel or drive a car but to say every action and emotion they have is just primitive biological instinct is wrong. You might as well say the same thing about humans.
In this case, maybe you're right, if the boy had been inside and the cat noticed the dog interloping on his turf maybe he shoots off like a bat out of hell the same way.
Look at this honey badger's mind at work, this isn't just primitive instinct, he's using some pretty advanced problem solving skills to work himself out of prison.
My dog did this same thing, she was bored to shit of being in a fenced in backyard every day unable to see people and cats/dogs pass by in the front yard. One day I went to let her in and she was gone, I of course freaked out. The gate was closed, I looked to see if there was room for her to squeeze under/through the gate. No way. So I went to the front of the house and shouted for a few minutes for her, nothing. Now my heart was beating fast, I went up the street looking and shouting her name. Finally 10 minutes later thankfully she appeared, I put her in the house and then went back into the backyard to further investigate. At the farthest back corner of the yard I discovered it - a deep hole and tunnel to the next door neighbor's yard. Studying it I was amazed, there was no possible way she dug that tunnel in the hour or so she was out there. I'm not sure how many hours/days it took her to dig her escape route but she had definitely chosen the spot furthest away from the house to avoid detection.
Now I have to google to see what the experts say about the mental capacity of dogs and cats.