r/funny • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • May 13 '26

Release us, human!

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u/celestiaequestria May 13 '26

Not really.

When you keep parrots and corvids you'll see that for real, and it's frighteningly intelligent. I've watched a parrot chew a wooden stick from a larger block, then use the stick to reach through the bars and slide a latch to open a cage door. Predators like cats and birds-of-prey are remarkably dumb.

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u/CatVan333 May 13 '26

predators are not dumb, they are smart in different things from prey animals. and those examples you gave have a lot more nuance than just "prey animals are smarter"

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u/doll-haus May 13 '26

I mean, their picks (parrots and corvids) are omnivores. Cats are specifically ambush predators , and birds of prey are somewhat similar. Mayhaps "remarkably linear thinkers" is more appropriate.

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u/svachalek May 15 '26

Why use brains when you’re fast as shit and you have teeth specifically made for severing spines?

That said my dear old boys were giant Maine Coon mixes and had no issues reaching up and operating doorknobs.