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To: Slings and Arrows

I have enough trouble keeping up with all the play, grooming, feeding, petting, and puke wiping up without my computer adding to the load, thank you very much.

I know for a fact that cats can’t recognize faces because they freeze in fear when anyone walks into the room until they get a whiff. IME, they recognize us by smell, not sight. Cat Fancy (or Catnip, I forget which) said that cats are very near sighted and programmed (sorry) to see movement, not details.

So... Who’s right?


27 posted on 04/15/2010 4:13:26 AM PDT by TheOldLady (I HATE FReepathons! Donate now so we can end it!)
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To: TheOldLady

I suspect that they use multiple senses to recognize us.

IIRC, slit pupils are very good at seeing objects in motion, lousy at seeing still objects; thus, the classic case of a cat that can track a dust mote in the air, but has a hard time finding a piece of kibble under its nose.


30 posted on 04/15/2010 5:35:27 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (FUBO! FUNP! FUHR! FUBS!)
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