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The large ears, eyes, and many vibrissae (whiskers) of the cat adapt it for low-light predation. Cat senses are adaptations that allow cats to be highly efficient predators. Cats are good at detecting movement in low light, have an acute sense of hearing and smell, and their sense of touch is enhanced by long whiskers that protrude from their ...
Still, having a blind cat means you do get amusing moments like this one. In this video, a beautiful blind cat named Enoki embarrasses himself by misjudging the length of a jump.
A blind mole-rat Visual perception in animals plays an important role in the animal kingdom, most importantly for the identification of food sources and avoidance of predators. For this reason, blindness in animals is a unique topic of study.
A completely deaf, solid white, blue-eyed cat A deaf white cat with yellow eyes. This engraving depicts two cats on a wall with a dog barking below them. The spotted cat hisses at the dog while the deaf white cat dozes, unaware of the barking. Congenital sensorineural deafness occurs commonly in domestic cats with a white coat.
Catster says the transition for a blind cat takes a little preparation but isn't difficult to do. First, make sure the house is free from hidden hazards, like furniture corners, and "baby-proof ...
What does cat vision look like? Feline vision can be equated to that of a colorblind person, according to Purina. Cats see "muted tones of blues, yellows, greens and grays." When perceiving reds ...
Image credits: ecofarian In addition, if the average body temperature of cats is higher than, for example, that of humans, then at rest it invariably decreases. And since cats love both warmth and ...
A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...