Cat Senses

Senses are also focused on their hunting activities with their eyes and ears they can spot preys from far away. To this one must add the smell and the taste, that identifies the prey with such a precision that it is amazing. The tactile signals rule orientation, sexuality and aggressiveness.

Ears: The cat hears on frequencies of up to 65 kHz (people hear up to 20 kHz) and detects sounds as sheering as a whistle, stamping and gnawing of a rodent. They can hear even when he is dozing. Before a strange noise it reacts immediately.

Eyes: cats can see at night with the same clearness as if it were day. Its eyes adapt to light. In the dark its pupils dilates to the maximum and can receive a maximum of light. On the contrary, when there is more light, its pupils can contract to the minimum, that way the light can only go through by two little openings up and down. When in the dark a beam of light touches it eyes, it becomes luminous. This is due to a reflecting cloak in its eyes that increases its visual capacity in darkness.

Tact: Skin, nose, flesh cushions on the paws and hair transmit sensations. Whiskers and hairs on the front legs are the most sensitive to sensations in a cat. They allow a better orientation in a dark night.

Nose: In the same way humans perceive an "image" of a person with its eyes, well, cats can do this with their nose. They smell a person, animal or food and they can perceive an "image" in their brain. This increases their sensorial perceptions.

Taste: This sense is tied to the sense of smell in which on both predominate a chemical sense that allows animals to discover the processes that take place in and outside their body. In the tongue there are abundant little warts so called papillae tasting, that is why, when the cat licks us one feels like sandpaper on the skin.