Merry is dumb. I've known a few cats in my time, and Merry is one of the more mediocre intellects I've met in the species.Although, on second consideration, maybe I'm not being totally fair. Our middle cat, Bella, is exceptionally smart for a cat. I swear that if she had thumbs she would borrow the car... without asking. She solves things and figures stuff out way before the other two cats. So maybe Merry has a standard intelligence, but next to Bella she seems dumb....no, I'm pretty sure she's stupid.She gets stuck places. The front curtains are her bane. She will get a claw stuck in one of the lace holes in the old lady curtains. After a moment of trying to free herself, she will just stand there and look out the window with one paw hanging in the air, stuck to the curtain.She spooks herself. I've watched her sit in the hallway, with nothing happening anywhere, and her tail will slowly foof out until it's twice its normal size.She will try so very hard to play with Bella after Bella has made it clear she's not interested in playing. They play a lot, but Merry has about five pounds on Bella and easily wins their wrestling matches. After she gets trounced, Bella will go hostile and not want to play anymore. Merry does not take the hint. At all.She has staring matches with the ceiling. I think sometimes she wins.There are other small things she does that contribute to the overall feel that she's not as smart as the average cat. But she does smart-ish things, too. She does a fantastic "Timmy fell down the well!" impression whenever she walks into the computer room. She can count, sorta, and knows when we've given her not enough kibbles. Like I said, maybe she's not as dumb as we think she is, but it's sure one hell of an act.But that's ok. We didn't adopt her because she was smart or dumb. We adopted her because she's bursting with personality. Her huge eyes give her a kittenish look, even though she's four years old. And she loooooooooooooves people.