Last Word: Why do dogs usually follow instructions, but cats largely ignore them?
One daysingle sourceOne outlet reported this, once - no second voice in this corpus.
All 1 reports on Wed, 28 October 2026
What it is about
Pam LunnKevin CraigSimon McleishSiegfried KuttigPeter MeehanCaroline PetersNeil SutcliffeAlamyWarwickshire, Warwickshire, United KingdomUnited KingdomLechlade, Gloucestershire, United KingdomWokingham, Wokingham, United KingdomKenilworth, Warwickshire, United KingdomGermanyLondon, London, City Of, United KingdomBerkshire, United Kingdom (General), United KingdomGloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United KingdomCatford, Lewisham, United KingdomArvada, Colorado, United StatesColorado, United States
Who published it, and when
How it spread - 1 original report
Wed, 28 October 2026
1 report- newscientist.com18:00first to report
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say