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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSee the world through the eyes of a cat
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H5fZRg31i7d3EYxdu60lYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyMTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz03NDk-/Ever wondered how our feline friends perceive the world around us? One man took it one step further. Nickolay Lamm has created these pictures to illustrate what a cat's vision would look like compared to our own. The upper image is what we would see, with the cat equivalent below.
The images are based on the following criteria: Cats have a 200 degree field of vision, compared with humans' 180 degrees, but worse peripheral vision (20 degrees compared to 30). Cats' range of vision is approximately five times worse than our own, and their ability to perceive color is much worse.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/see-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-a-cat-slideshow/
Gallery at the link....
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See the world through the eyes of a cat (Original Post)
joeybee12
Oct 2013
OP
I suspect that since our vision actually takes place in our brains more than our eyes….
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
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darkangel218
(13,985 posts)1. Recced.
Edited because the link is working.
Poor kitties. They need glasses?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)2. I suspect that since our vision actually takes place in our brains more than our eyes….
that the cat version would have one object in clear focus.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)4. Its sad they cant see bright colours, isnt it.
Poorly lil squees.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)3. Try this at night
See who prevails.
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)9. Feline NVG
REP
(21,691 posts)11. My cats finally figured out that humans are blind and/or stupid in the dark
It's funny watching kittens find that out.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)13. Rabbits also assume that you're blind at night.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)5. Meow
Blue Owl
(50,425 posts)6. Grumpy cat sez "get in focus"
n/t
petronius
(26,602 posts)7. #4 is creepy - I guess we look like zombies to cats...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)8. Woman, green skirt, right side. Cat sees her clearly.
Human does not.
Striking.
REP
(21,691 posts)10. Pretty much as I thought; I know they're nearsighted and see in a different spectrum
One reason I get my cats blue and green toys; these are colors they see better
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)12. I would say this is not accurate
but overblown craptacular, cats have tunnel vision and can see way better than humans at night.
Nice meat.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)14. I don't know. My cat can see a little bug at 10 feet, that I could never spot.
And he sees ghosts too.