SUPER-INTELLIGENT SPECIES. My argument that domestic housecats are the most intelligent species on the planet has few flaws. What's that? You're not familiar with the argument? Oh. It goes like this... Cats must be the most intelligent species on the planet because they offer no appreciable benefit to the larger world, and at the same time they have somehow convinced humans to care for their every need. Including dealing with their poop. Some have commented that viruses also rely on their hosts for all that they need to survive. Are they also hyper-smaht? No. Viruses have a pesky habit of killing their hosts, thereby ending the party early. Keep working viruses! You might better those damnned cats yet.