Who says animals can't think and solve problems. Also, a lesson in persistance...

[1monster]

[CurtEastPoint]

1. He was persistent and creative!

[gopiscrap]

2. very interesting

[penultimate]

3. Pffff... I would have done that one the second try. Animals are duuuuuumb

I kids. I kids.. And yes, I know humans are animals too.

[Vox Moi]

4. Watch any large animal for a while ...

... and you will see intelligence and playfulness.
Even in humans.

[MANative]

5. I'll never forget watching my cat solve problems, from the time she was a kitten...

We had a bi-fold door leading to the laundry room, and she wanted to get in there to hang out near the warm dryer. She obviously couldn't push it open like the other doors in the house, and there wasn't room for her to squeeze under it. She watched us numerous times and you could just see her "learning." Over the next couple of weeks, we'd find her in the laundry room, hanging out on top of the dryer, but couldn't figure out how she managed to get in there, because we were so diligent about closing that door (drafts, you know!). One day, I was bringing a load of laundry down, and there she was, laying on her back with her paws extended over her head, tugging at the center of the door. Don't you know it, the darn thing popped open in a flash. She'd figured out and solved the problem of leverage. She was sooooo smart, and repeatedly performed similar feats in her eighteen years with us. I miss my little girl.

[1monster]

6. I had two Siamese cats who slept with me until I was about six months pregnant and

could no longer endure their extra weight at night, so they got put out of the bedrroom. They used to try, ever so hard, to turn the door knob to open the door. It was only the lack of opposible thumbs that kept them getting it opened.

I now have several cats who have figured out how to open the sliding screen door at the back of the house. When that fails, they simply tear a hole in the screen with their trusty little paw claws and jump through. Sigh. I have to replace the screening again!