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How cats see the world in Instagram-vision: Fascinating photographs show what felines see better - and worse - than us
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/16/article-2462559-18C362E700000578-719_964x403.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/16/article-2462559-18C362EF00000578-682_964x403.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/16/article-2462559-18C362E000000578-35_964x403.jpg)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2462559/Nickolay-Lamm-pictures-Fascinating-photographs-world-eyes-cat--bit-blur.html#ixzz2hz1fpNjY (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2462559/Nickolay-Lamm-pictures-Fascinating-photographs-world-eyes-cat--bit-blur.html#ixzz2hz1fpNjY)
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That's interesting....and interesting, too, the pains Nickolay took to ensure accuracy in regard to cat's vision.
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That is very interesting! But how can we know how cats see? (I didnt understand from the article)
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It wasn't made very clear in the article, KE. But the retina has rods and cones (light receptotors). Rods are for black and white/night vision, and cones are for color (like A Hard Day's Night and Help!*).
When they dissect an eye and look at a slide of the retina under a microscope, there are more rods than there are cones in a cat's eye, so the cat doesn't see colors well, but sees well in the dark, but in B&W with just a hint of color. The shape of the retina (think of it as a projection screen in a movie theater) and the concentration of these light receptors in different parts of the retina determine the field of vision and focus.
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THE BEATLES HOLLYWOOD BOWL Concert August 29 1965 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdXh3pJhNLI#ws)
26:00
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Don't think it's going to help me reading your above post, HG, just before going to sleep! Dissecting eyes.....! 2ch