Vision is one of the most important ways of understanding the world.
And while people often rely only on it, for cats the eyes are not the main sense organ.
Let's figure out how our pets see and why they can navigate in pitch darkness.
Features of cat vision
Let us remember that cats are predators, therefore, Mother Nature has adapted their vision precisely for these purposes.
In particular, miniature predators are able to see at a distance of up to 60 meters. However, if we talk about good discrimination of objects, then the cat sees best at a distance of no more than 6 meters.
The whole point is that this is exactly the distance required by a predator to attack a potential victim from an ambush.
At the same time, the pet has poor vision close to it. Cats prefer to recognize nearby objects using other senses.
Cats are color-sensitive, and are particularly good at distinguishing between shades of gray, since that is the color of the main game they hunt.
The cat sees in the same spectrum at night. Its eyes have a special layer located behind the retina and performing the function of reflecting light.
A cat sees a person in different tones and generally perceives him only as a blurry figure, recognizing the owner by smell and voice.
Earlier welisted 5 reasons why a cat meows when a person sneezes.
