Yesterday I clicked on a news story with that title because I thought it would be amusing and was curious as to what the answer would be, and how it was determined. As it turned out, it was amusing more because of its slight earnest professor-analyzing-a-joke quality than for the light it shed on the subject. I was not expecting an attempt to answer the question scientifically: how could it be answered in any way except very subjectively? Also unexpected was the discovery that "canine behavioral researcher" is apparently an actual occupation–although, well, why shouldn't it be?–dogs are certainly interesting, and of importance to us in many ways.
Anyway: in general, actual dogs are funnier than actual cats, I think. I mean, as opposed to pictures of either with amusing captions added. Laughter at an adult cat–kittens are funny–is usually at the cat's expense, at its sense of dignity and self-importance. The dog's mixture of eagerness, earnestness, and goofiness, and their willingness to make, in human eyes, fools of themselves, makes them more likely to do funny things.
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