My sisters science teacher said that cat see us as large blurry cats. She said they can't tell the difference between different people. I always thought cats could tell who their owners were. the other day my husband bent down to make the cat come to him so he could pat her but she didn't move. I bent down and she came to me straight away.
2007-05-17 16:54:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
cats know who different people are just like they know different cats, they use sense of smell , seems like a strange thing for a science teacher to say. Otherwise cats would never be scared of new people , or other cats, or dogs or anything .
2007-05-17 17:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by Meow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goes to show sometimes science teachers are not scientists. My cats Pain & Pest, recognize the sound of my car even. When I park in the car port, I will get out and there are Pain & Pest up on the balcony porch meowing at me. Did the science teacher tell you that cats have a better sense of smell than dogs?
2007-05-17 17:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by Richard15 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your sister's science teacher has been smoking something. Cats can tell the difference, they use smell and their eyes, and even deeper things. My cats only want to be around me. And cats have clear preferences to certain people. Your sister's science teacher is stupid, and I would not believe anything else she teaches either. Your own experience proves it. I think some people reason that animals are dumb so they won't feel bad when they disect them, experiment on them and just act plain cruel. Ask your sister to drop that class!
2007-05-17 19:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by boncarles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats have good vision, see Senses in the webpage below, and excellent night vision. If they only see us as blurry big cats, then how do they see their prey when they are hunting. Blurry, various sized cats that they attack at random? Cats are great hunters
I think that the science teacher needs to go back to school.
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2007-05-17 17:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think cats can tell the difference between people even if it's not by sight, they have a great sense of smell. I have known many cats who like a certain person and are affectionate only to them.
2007-05-17 17:08:37 · answer #5 · answered by Kelly S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do recognize us, not by sight perhaps. But they recognize us because of our behavior, our scent, and even our sound.
My cat can recognize the scent if I've played with another cat. That is how they recognize us humans, also. A cat's sense of smell is 14x sharper than a human's.
My cat can recognize the sound of my footsteps even. A cat also has superior hearing.
Also, cats have compromised sight by day - but they have excellent night vision.
2007-05-18 05:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well cats are hunters with both eyes in front of their head so there vision acuity is crucial for survival i think cats see and smell to recognize who is who owner etc, my cats are always smelling when something new is around company, new carpet, furniture new baby etc, my cat even came " out of the wood work" when my daughter as a baby would cry my cat would smell the crying baby and watch to make sure the baby was ok also another cat i had would paw my chest as i was slepping to wake me up if he was hungary so i believe that cats can also here is another tid bit for you once a t Halloween my spouse but a very scary devil mask on and my cat arched her back eyes widened hair stood up on her back and started hissing and acting like she waqs attempting to attack my spouse until he called her name and removed the mask
2007-05-17 17:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by pecola princepessa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
is going to instruct each so often technological recognize-how instructors are not to any extent further scientists. My cats soreness & Pest, recognize the sound of my motorcar even. when I park contained interior the motorcar port, i'm going to get out and there are soreness & Pest up on the balcony porch meowing at me. Did the technological recognize-how instructor permit you recognize that cats have a much better useful experience of heady scent than canines?
2017-01-10 05:47:24 · answer #8 · answered by dirks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know that cats can see and recognize their owners. I have two cats and a million reasons why I know they know who momma is. Are you sure she's a science teacher?
2007-05-17 17:04:27 · answer #9 · answered by Summer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course cats recognize their owners - just not always by sight when they are up close. My girlfriend's cat likes to play more with me, but likes to snuggle more with her - he never sits on my lap even when we are both watching a movie on the couch - he will walk over me to get to her. But your sister's science teacher is right, we are blurry up close - but remember, the cat isn't just using it's vision to recognize you - scent, sound, context, and learned behaviors are all factored in. I walk my cat (without a leash!) on our dead end country street. If he lags behind, I just squat and spread my arms out wide, and he starts trotting, as soon as he sees me do this in order to catch up. He also responds to my whistle.
2007-05-17 17:13:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋