Cat Caught on Camera Ringing Doorbell to Come Inside Delights Viewers

It's generally believed that you can't train a cat—but that doesn't mean they're without talents.

Cats appear to teach themselves the tricks they want to master, whether that be opening closed doors, getting into food cupboards, or even learning how to ring the doorbell.

In a hilarious video posted to the TikTok account @alohaaalyssa, a tabby cat can be seen in the dark, jumping up onto a ledge on the porch beside the doorbell. The video has been viewed over 2.4 million times, and the cat can be seen deliberately pressing the doorbell before jumping back down and meowing, demanding to get in.

The text on the screen reads: "pov: my cat rings the doorbell when he wants to come inside," while the cat's stunned owner wrote in the caption, "Nobody taught him how to do that idk where he learned."

To prove this wasn't a one-off, @alohaaalyssa shared another video of her cat, in daylight this time but again intentionally ringing the doorbell and waiting expectantly to be let inside.

Cats are usually thought to be intelligent, even cunning creatures, but how clever are they really? Despite their smaller brains than their canine counterparts, they are often thought to be more intelligent than dogs.

"Relative brain size isn't always the best indicator of intelligence," said Dr. Lorie Huston for PetMD, "And the cat brain shares some amazing similarities with our own brains."

Most dog owners believe that due to their ability to be trained, dogs are more intelligent than cats. Speak to any cat lover, however, and they will tell you that a cat's willing insolence is exactly what makes them more intelligent.

"Additionally, where many may believe that the reason cats ignore them is because they can't understand you," Purina says on its website, "it's actually due to the fact that cats don't feel the need to acknowledge you as much as dogs do. As Literature Professor Mary Bly said, 'Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.'"

Service dogs provide essential support to those who need them, and while cats understandably have not been called upon to provide the same, Purina references an article in The New York Times from 1876 that talks about mail-delivery cats.

"During the experiment, 37 cats were used, and the messages were put in waterproof bags and attached around their necks," Purina says. "The quickest cat reached their destination in under 5 hours and all of the others made it back within 24 hours. The service was discontinued as pigeons were quicker, but we bet they didn't look nearly as cute!"

TikTok users loved the cat's antics, with one user writing, "What a distinguished little gentleman." Another commenter declared "this is the cutest thing in the world."

Newsweek reached out to @alohaaalyssa via TikTok for comment.

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