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ENCORE\xa0You own a cat, or is it vice versa?\xa0Family friendly felines have trained their owners to do their bidding.\xa0Thanks to a successful evolutionary adaptation, they rule your house.\nFind out how your cat has you wrapped around its paw.\xa0And it\u2019s not the only animal to outwit us.\xa0Primatologist Frans de Waal shares the surprising intellectual capabilities of chimps, elephants, and bats.\xa0In fact, could it be that we\u2019re simply not smart enough to see how smart animals are?\nPlus, the discovery of a fossilized dinosaur brain.\xa0Were those lumbering lizards more clever than we thought?\xa0\xa0\nGuests:\n\n\nAlex Liu\xa0\u2013 Paleontologist, University of Cambridge, U.K.\n\n\nAbigail Tucker\xa0\u2013 Author of\xa0The Lion in the Living Room: How Housecats Tamed Us and Took Over the World\n\n\n\nFrans de Waal\xa0\u2013 Primatologist, psychologist, Emory University, and author of\xa0Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices