As you know, domestic cats are night predators, whose vision in the darkness prevails over the human more than 10 times. All this is possible due to the prevalence of sticks over the cones in the retina of the eye. Unlike humans, the cat's eye perceives the outlines of figures in the dark much more sharply, "lighting" the outlines in the manner of the night vision device. Thus, in the dark, instead of the deaf black, the cats see a gray background with clear figures. But not all cats are endowed with the ability to see so well in the darkness - large representatives of the squad in the person of lions and tigers, for example, are better seen in daylight due to the presence of more cones, which turns these felines into day hunters rather than nightly.
The sight of cats , and the way they see it, prevails over the human in the case when it comes to the viewing radius. The cat's eye is caught by
20% more picture on the sides - than not an ideal device for looking out for prey?
But do not think that the human eye loses to the cat in all respects. So, cats very badly see the objects located under their nose and located at a distance of more than 6 meters into the distance. And if with the identification of closely located details to cats helps to cope with acute sense of smell, then the picture in the distance to the pet is not easy to consider, especially if the objects on it are without movement.
What colors do cats see?
The question, as the cat's world sees, has interested man for a long time. Earlier it was widely believed that they see only gray colors, but in fact it is not at all - a fluffy pet sees a color palette in front of him, though not in all its glory that the human eye can see. The world before the cat's eyes is as if in a haze, which means that all colors are much more faded than they really are. In addition, due to the peculiarities of the structure of the receptor apparatus in the retina, cats practically do not see the difference between hot red, yellow and orange, and cold violet, blue and blue.