Cat Vision

Neon Knight Thu 15 Feb - 0:59

https://nickolaylamm.com/art-for-clients/what-do-cats-see/ Selected quotes:

* Cats have a visual field of 200 degrees compared to humans 180 degrees.
* Peripheral vision for humans is 20 degrees each side. This is represented by the blurriness.
* Peripheral vision for cats is 30 degrees each side. This is represented by the blurriness.
* Cats can see 6-8 times better in dim light than humans due the high number of rods and because of their elliptical pupil, large cornea and tapetum.
* What a normal human can see as unblurred and sharp at 100-200 feet, a cat would have to view from 20 feet (a cat’s visual acuity is between 20/100 to 20/200).

Human view above, cat view below:

Sary Wed 21 Feb - 2:00

I knew that cats are color blind and how they are able to see better in darkness, but not that their visual acuity is so poor and that they have superior peripheral vision.
I should’ve figured they are able to see out of the corner of their eyes. It is near impossible to sneak up on cat . . . they always seem to know you’re coming!
Interesting article, I love cats.

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