Don't short change your animals on intelligence...

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I get so tired of people who say animals are stupid. Animals save lives, fetch items that their owners need, rescue drowning people and so much more. I just got an example of how smart my cats are. I had gone to the bathroom and just came back and sat down when my cell phone rang. I checked the caller ID and it was from the local hospital. HUMMMM, that's kind of strange, I wonder if one of my neighbors is ill and in the hospital? I had just missed the call so I hit redial and lucked out and got the same person that had called me. She wanted to know if "I" was having a problem and why did I just call her. She heard the TV in the background and what she thought was "The Lone Ranger" on the set. I confirmed that the program was on my set and my recent calls showed that the hospital had been called...but I didn't do it. She then said that she thought she heard a cat meow. I managed to keep from laughing and said that I have a Siamese cat that is on the table beside me, and maybe she dialed the hospital; but I don't have it on auto dial. We spoke for a couple of minutes, and I assured her that I was fine. We both figured out at the same time that somehow the cat had figured out the number for the hospital and dialed it as she was settling down on the table. She has a cat that does the same kind of thing on her phone. She also gets some mighty strange return calls from people she doesn't know. So, when you hear the poem about fog coming in softly on little kitten feet...if kitten or cat feet are soft, then elephants are ballet dancers!!!