Pointless

My wife and I have a dog & 5 cats.
While the kids were growing up we always had cats, frequent gerbils, lizards, a boa constrictor, a garter snake, and a few dogs.
We like animals.

Many years ago Time Magazine had a cover, Can Animals Think? [22 Mar 1993]
My thought then and now:

This question was asked by someone who maybe has read about animals in books... but never actually seen one!

Yes! Animals can think.