Fan Casting Amplified Animal Aptitude in Sort by Tropes

Ordinary animals in fiction have a significantly increased intelligence, and often physical ability as well. Not necessarily the Talking Animals. Not the Civilized Animals and Funny Animals. Just the wild and domestic animals encountered in stories where humans are the main characters. Such animals can frequently clearly understand everything humans say, understand human emotions, read, figure out how to solve problems on their own, and so forth. Often they can use tools with great dexterity as well, using paws or mouths. This is also true for cases in which the animals can talk to each other (so the audience can hear them) but are common animals in the eyes of any humans in the film.