How Cats See The World

We still have so much more to learn about how cats see the world but there has been a lot of great research done to give us a strong foundation.

How cats see the world. Cats are great at seeing the world in shades of gray and they do well with blues and yellows. No one can fool them in a hurry. Visual acuity is the sharpness of the image.

Here is the world seen through cats eyes. Their shape their ability to expand and contract and their ability to let in or filter out light all contribute to how cats see the world and their success as hunters. However the colour spectrum of cats eyes is somewhat more limited.

This Is How Cats See the World No one ever talks about what the world looks like if youre a cat. Their field of view is estimated to be around 200 degrees compared to 180 in humans. Cats and dogs have a high concentration of rod receptors and a low concentration of cone.

Unlike the sharp and colorful vision that humans have felines see the world in a more muted pastel-like hue. Red in particular is just seen as dark to your kitty. Studies on the feline eye show that cat vision differs quite a bit from human vision.

On the other hand visual acuity is how clearly you see. It is not meant to substitute for diagnosis prognosis treatment prescription or formal and individualized advice from a veterinary medical professional. Cats see the world differently to us.

This article is accurate and true to the best of the authors knowledge. Though cats are trichromats living things possessing three kinds of cones they have trouble differentiating red shades. But just like humans who are considered colorblind cats have trouble distinguishing greens and reds.