Superior perception! Cats: Superheroes in animals

On November 2, the Economic News Network of Buenos Aires, Argentina, published an article titled "Cats, Like Superheroes in Movies", written by veterinarian and animal expert Dr. Juan Henrique Romero. The full text is excerpted below:

Cats are considered superior creatures in many ways, and in fact, to some extent, they are. If we rank animals and select superheroes, it will be cats that occupy the first place, mainly because cats have certain characteristics inherited from their hunting ancestors.

Cats are incredibly sensitive, several times more alert than humans. If it weren't for the understanding that cats' senses are much more sensitive than ours humans, and being able to perceive reality faster and more accurately, we could almost assume that cats possess magical abilities.

Excellent hearing

Not only does the cat hear more and more clearly, but its hearing frequency range is four times ours. As a result, a cat can sense the tiniest sounds within 20 meters of its environment. They possess the superpower of recognizing sounds, perceiving sounds, and being able to determine the source of sounds very accurately and quickly.

This is because for the cat, keen hearing has been its survival skill since primitive times, and in the evolution of the cat, civilization, balanced diet and the modern world are not important, it just needs to continue to perceive the world in the way of a super cat and live peacefully in the world of cats.

The sensitivity of cats to sound is incredible, especially when it comes to judging the source of sound. The cat is the true prophet of sound, which explains why the cat sometimes stares at places where we feel empty, and that's because it hears something that we can't perceive.

Sensitive sense of smell

Cats can smell molecules, and they can sense odors better than we do and distinguish them perfectly, distinguishing the mixed smells one by one. For this reason, cats are very picky about food and will refuse to eat a certain food because they reject an ingredient.

Another incredible organ in a cat is the Jacobson organ that senses through two holes in the palate. This organ that specializes in sensing hormones and their smells is highly developed in cats, helping it determine whether the eventual encounter is risky by sensing each other and their determination.

But the weakness of this superhero is that the sense of taste is too bad. Cats are very clumsy in perceiving taste, especially those that smell very small. That's why they don't taste sweets, as most sweets don't have a strong smell. Cats are not keen to taste foods that have a taste but a very faint smell, especially sweet substances that usually have no smell.

Clear night vision

Cats can see almost clearly at night. They don't do this through thermal imaging, based on body temperature, as military commandos do, but through the reflective tissue behind its retina to capture the faint light in the environment and make the most of it. In addition, the cat's beard, the highly sensitive tactile hair and the equally sensitive hair on its body, allows it to accurately perceive the environment without looking.

Leap flexible

Cats can jump up to five times their length at a time, and can minimize the risk of free fall when falling at a height of 20 meters, because the cat's skeleton is very light and the body is very flexible, so that it can use the tail as a rudder, contract muscles to maintain a unique jump balance, thereby optimizing jump efficiency.

Source: Reference News Network