>humans oddly assume that anything that cannot speak their language is not smart unless tested and proven so I remember when I was a kid I would watch an old J

>humans oddly assume that anything that cannot speak their language is not smart unless tested and proven so I remember when I was a kid I would watch an old Jiminy Cricket cartoon every now and then that repeatedly claimed humans were the only animal that can think and reason. I also grew up with cats and dogs and wondered why this cartoon would say something that seemed so intuitively wrong. Here's the cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlkxki41PA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlkxki41PA