See the world through the eyes of a cat

[joeybee12]

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Ever wondered how our feline friends perceive the world around us? One man took it one step further. Nickolay Lamm has created these pictures to illustrate what a cat's vision would look like compared to our own. The upper image is what we would see, with the cat equivalent below.

The images are based on the following criteria: Cats have a 200 degree field of vision, compared with humans' 180 degrees, but worse peripheral vision (20 degrees compared to 30). Cats' range of vision is approximately five times worse than our own, and their ability to perceive color is much worse.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/see-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-a-cat-slideshow/

Gallery at the link....

[darkangel218]

1. Recced.

Edited because the link is working.

Poor kitties. They need glasses?

[KittyWampus]

2. I suspect that since our vision actually takes place in our brains more than our eyes….

that the cat version would have one object in clear focus.

[darkangel218]

4. Its sad they cant see bright colours, isnt it.

Poorly lil squees.

[WilliamPitt]

3. Try this at night

See who prevails.

[Bosonic]

9. Feline NVG

[REP]

11. My cats finally figured out that humans are blind and/or stupid in the dark

It's funny watching kittens find that out.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Rabbits also assume that you're blind at night.

[BlueJazz]

5. Meow

[Blue Owl]

6. Grumpy cat sez "get in focus"

n/t

[petronius]

7. #4 is creepy - I guess we look like zombies to cats...

[NYC_SKP]

8. Woman, green skirt, right side. Cat sees her clearly.

Human does not.

Striking.

[REP]

10. Pretty much as I thought; I know they're nearsighted and see in a different spectrum

One reason I get my cats blue and green toys; these are colors they see better

[Hutzpa]

12. I would say this is not accurate

but overblown craptacular, cats have tunnel vision and can see way better than humans at night.

Nice meat.

[Hoyt]

14. I don't know. My cat can see a little bug at 10 feet, that I could never spot.

And he sees ghosts too.