User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24048868-20200724135354/@comment-6032121-20200724235809

As I pointed out regarding Rose-the-cat, the thing is that we have several sources telling us in no uncertain terms that cats are in fact typically sentient, it's just that most Earth cats choose to conceal that fact from their human "masters". Cats should be categorised as sapient species within the DWU.

And similarly, while some might exist, I don't believe any of the sources currently mentioned on Penguin contradict the notion that all penguins have human, or near-human, levels of intelligence.

T:NO RW has never been more relevant than in this matter: before anyone goes and scoff at me, remember it was a key plot point in The Eaters of Light that crows are in fact sapient beings with a cultural memory going back nearly two thousand years, and in The Stolen Earth that a majority of bees on Earth are actually aliens in hiding.