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From: jp@faron.UUCP (Jeffrey Picciotto)
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Subject: Re: The six senses of a cat
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 08:13:46 EDT
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> ... I read ... that cats are
> deaf and partly blind - in the sense that they cannot hear and that they
> cannot see stationary things.  


Cats can definitely hear.  It may be that the frequencies that actually
hear are limited (I don't know), but certainly they can hear voices, tvs,
etc.

I have heard that cats are partially blind.  Rumours include: color
blindness and not being able to see stationary objects.  The former may be
true.  The latter is almost irrelevant.  Figure: it's almost impossible to
hold one's head completely immobile, so all objects (relative to one's head)
are moving, and therefore visible.

It would be interesting to know if cats are color blind.

-- kami