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How smart are cats? For science they also understand physics
How smart are cats? For science they also understand physics
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If you had ever wondered how much they are intelligent your cats, today we present a study that could answer this question.

According to science, felines are not only very intelligent animals, but they can even be considered real genes of physics. Because? Read the results of this scientific study.

Cat sleeping on top of a book
Cat sleeping on top of a book

Scientific research

We are talking about a particular study carried out by a team of experts from Kyoto University on behalf of the magazine Animal Cognition. The aim of the research was to analyze and evaluate the intelligence of cats.

The results speak for themselves. In addition to being able to recognize their own name or the voice of their owner, our four-legged friends seem to be able to understand some physical laws.

Cat sleeping in a notebook
Cat sleeping in a notebook

Let's talk about the law, for example cause effect. The team of researchers has in fact discovered that felines are able to understand if there is something inside a box simply by moving it. Put simply, they move an object and figure out if it contains anything else.

And there is more. Another of the surprising results of this study concerns the gravitational force. It seems, in fact, that our four-legged friends are not only able to understand it, but also to exploit it to their own pleasure.

Cat leafing through a book
Cat leafing through a book

To give you an example of how they exploit this ability of theirs understanding, think of a cat drinking. Cats touch the surface of the water only with the tip of the tongue, and then withdraw it quickly to let the liquid enter the mouth.

Do you know what this means? It is a classic example of balance between gravity that pushes the water down and the inertia that wants to maintain its state of rest.

Cat on a book
Cat on a book

And if you think it is a coincidence, you are very wrong. Just think, for example, of a dog drinking. His movements are much less delicate and precise. In short, science is clear: cats are really very intelligent and even understand physics!

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