Thread:Love Robin/@comment-29997589-20160919042725/@comment-366087-20160924165618

Yes, I read the novel. Long before the movie was made. That's some 25 years ago tho. Got a cite to that quote? Even so, there are soooo many differences between book and movie… Hammond dies, the children's genders and ages are mixed, scenes from the book appearing in the 3rd movie, etc.

My cats can open doors. They are hardly villains. And those are round doorknobs, not a lever-style handle which can be opened with an elbow. Or a hand holding stuff. Some animals are indeed smart enough (not sapient tho) to puzzle around problems.This does not mean they are human-level intelligent, or sapient.

She is not smiling. Many animals lack the musculation to alter their facial features to such a degree. Cats and Dolphins are oft described as "smiling", but their mouths are actually *fixed* into a grin-like curve. And while cats can indeed convey a sense of being pleased, it is not by their faces alone, but their entire bodies including tails and purring. You cannot attribute to an animal the same motivations as humans. Period.