# Can "higher" animals "think"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 3, 1999, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153 "1999-09-03T00:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lovelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@lovelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153/41 "1999-09-10T15:07:00Z")
No, because they don’t wear shoes. They have calloused pawpads. Or soft ones, if they don’t do any work (like my cats). Mew. lovelee ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153/42 "1999-09-10T20:09:00Z")
Whether animals have souls is a GD. Ray (no soul) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153/43 "1999-09-10T21:39:00Z")
Horses have shoes and thus soles. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 1999, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153/44 "1999-09-12T00:02:00Z")
What was the Belushi character in Animal house? Well, all the guys in the house had a lot of soul, even the nerds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-quot-higher-quot-animals-quot-think-quot/3153.md?page=2)