Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:53 pm
I think my turtles do recognize me, they react to me differently then they do to strangers. Of course it IS different than how my dog responds to me too. I tend not to think of it as the turtles 'not being as smart' as dogs, just DIFFERENT from dogs. They are reptiles and dogs are mammals and their brains work differently. One isn't better than the other, reptile brains are GOOD at doing the things a reptile needs to do to be successful and dog brains are good at doing tasks dogs need to do to be successful. In a test of pure intelligence my parrot would probably beat my dog hands (paws/claws) down, but my dog is more responsive and affectionate to me than the bird.
1.0.0 RES
1.0.0 Russian Tortoise
0.1.0 Eastern Box Turtle
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0.0 Pyxie Frog
0.1.0 White's Tree Frog
0.1.2 Parakeets
1.3.0 Dogs
0.1.0 Cat