A Michael Broad Blog
My research and my own thoughts have brought me to the conclusion that there are two reasons why cat pupils are slits rather than circular apertures. It comes down to evolution and survival as is always the case with respect to anatomical features. Depth of field The first reason is spelled-out in great detail …
Cats must have binocular vision because they have two eyes working in unison to create one image in the brain. Cats have the most highly developed binocular vision of all the carnivores – Fiona Sunquist writing Wild Cats of the World. Binocular vision occurs when both eyes focus on an object to form a …
Rosie and Poppy live with Sarah Jenkins who lives in the US. Sarah is a teacher and she decided to share her quality photos of her Sphynx odd-eyed cats on social media because someone said that they looked ‘weird’. Weird is good on social media especially if they are cats. It is an excellent …
A picture of a beautiful cat with eyes the colour and texture of the sun. Domestic eyes can be stunning.
Web surfers ask Google the esoteric question: “do cats have eyebrows?”. It is a slightly pointless question but a number of websites decided to answer it so I will throw my hat into the ring. No eyebrows or eyelashes human-style In my considered opinion, it is far-fetched and stretching the boundaries of one’s imagination …
Cats see in color like humans but they are color blind like some color blind people. The most common form of color blindness in people is known as red/green color blindness. It is similar for domestic cats.
The muscles of a cat’s eyes are set to suit the environment in which the cat grows up in. This means that outdoor cats such as strays and feral cats have eyesight that is slightly longsighted. Long-sightedness means that objects far away are sharp whereas near objects are less sharp. Conversely, all indoor cats …
Click on this to go to a large format PDF file of the same image that is clearer. This is my explanation as to why some Siamese cats are cross-eyed or at least it is possibly part of the reason. Crossed-eyes are fairly common amongst Siamese cats. You’ll also see it random bred cats …
