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A cat's visual acuity is anywhere from 20/100 to 20/200, which means a cat has to be at 6 metres to see what an average human can see at 20 or 30 metres. Cats seem to be nearsighted, which means they cannot see far objects as well. The ability to see close objects would be well-suited for hunting and capturing prey. [2]
View the original article to see embedded media. “One thing you need to know about cats,” says the woman in this clip. “There are only two types of humans: primary and spares.”
Cats and humans evolutionarily diverged from a common ancestor (boreoeutherian ancestor) approximately 80 million years ago, accumulating only 10–12 chromosomal translocations. [71] The order of eight genes on the cats' Y chromosome closely resembles that in humans. [72] Genes on X chromosomes of cats and humans are arranged in a similar way ...
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Additionally, they collaborate, play, and share resources. When cats communicate with humans, they do so to get what they need or want, such as food, water, attention, or play. As such, cat communication methods have been significantly altered by domestication. [1] Studies have shown that domestic cats tend to meow much more than feral cats. [2]
Cats may not see as many colors as humans but have better light perception. Cats will adjust their eyes during the day, allowing less light to filter in, while their pupils will expand at night to ...
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are now setting out to find out if a cat's voice is affected by its owner's. Do cats sound like their owners? New study to find if felines have humans' accents
The annual Internet Cat Video Festival celebrated and awards the Golden Kitty to cat videos. [23] According to Star Tribune, the festival's success is because "people realized that the cat video they'd chuckled over in the privacy of their homes was suddenly a thousand times funnier when there are thousands of other people around". [24]