How Cats See the World

[swampwitch]

This is pretty cool; most of you have probably seen something like this before, but I thought this one was really good. I've always thought my kitties were near-sighted, some more than others. I didn't know about the color differences, though.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/cats-eye-view/#slideid-294081

 

[natalie_ca]

 
. I didn't know about the color differences, though.

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

My Abby has an affinity for red, as does Katie.  Of all the toys in various colours, Abby gravitates to the red mice, and Katie to the red plastic springs. 

Spencer doesn't seem to have a colour preference, so long as the toy has a feather on it, rattles and is light enough to be carried in a game of fetch.

If those images are realistic, it's interesting to see how much clearer they see at night than we do. Almost like wearing night vision goggles, but even more clear than that.

 

[peaches08]

Neat!

 

[pushylady]

Cool to see the differences so clearly.

 

[mservant]

Great link, I knew cats didn't really see reds but had no idea how things might look to them.

Mouse tends to go for blue, green, or white toys the most if given choice. I always figured it was because they stood out more for him.

 

[AbbysMom]

What a cool link! Thanks for posting it. .