Thoughts on Man and Animal

"The smarter the animal, the better it is at pretending to be trained."


"Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick."


"If a rabbit defined intelligence the way man does, then the most intelligent animal would be a rabbit, followed by the animal most willing to obey the commands of a rabbit."


"Man defines intelligence in himself as independence of thought. In all other animals, he defines it as a willingness to follow orders."


"A dog's bark can mean many things, but mostly it means, "Fetch" or "Stay"."


"A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch."


"Tests show that dolphins are not, after all, smarter than people -- but they're 50% smarter than people would be if people were dolphins."


-- Robert Brault