How Cats See: 4 Peculiarities of Cat Vision

27.02.2023 22:45

The structure of a cat's eye is very different from that of a human's, so cats see the world very differently than we do.

We tell you about the interesting features of our whiskered pets’ vision.

How do cats see?

A cat's eye has two types of photoreceptors: cones for daytime vision and rods for night vision.

Therefore, cats navigate well both in daylight and at dusk.

In addition, the cat's retina has a light-reflecting vascular layer called the tapetum. It is because of this that cats' eyes glow in the dark.

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However, cats have worse color discrimination than humans. The cat's retina does not have receptors for brown, red, burgundy, and orange.

Cats can best distinguish gray and its shades – about two dozen.

Cats also recognize moving objects on TV and love to watch them.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor