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Some of our cats tend to like watching tennis. Rufous would stand on his
back legs and stare at the moving players. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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Brad Snow wrote:
Saw this yesterday. People (well, women, of course claiming their Bootsie watched TV. Scientific follow up: Cats see faster than us. Have to, to see and pounce quickly. So we see a TV picture, but cat sees the dots and lines from the beam hitting the screen (dots and lines which translate into the picture we see). So: -Normal fast cat won't see/be interested in TV of birds or whatever, and -if your cat DOES watch TV, he's slow I'm not too sure about that premise. Humans can "see fast" too - think of those times when you've been exposed to just a flash of something, but you've still been able to comprehend what it was that you saw. The reason we are able to see televised image streams smoothly is that our brains interpolate a continuous stream of rapidly changing images into a smooth flow of information. At least, that's how it was explained to me many years ago. One of my cats, baby Tabitha, occasionally takes an interest in the TV. She likes to sit close to the screen and try to touch moving things in the lower part of the picture. Dan |
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I borrowed Volume I of "The Bird Show" from our local library, just to find
out if the cats would watch it. The only one that showed an interest was Baby Eyes. She not only showed interest, she sat and watched THE WHOLE TAPE, 55 minutes, without interruption! I of course got out the camcorder and caught her in the act. Will post stills from it soon. "Brad Snow" wrote in message ... Saw this yesterday. People (well, women, of course claiming their Bootsie watched TV. Scientific follow up: Cats see faster than us. Have to, to see and pounce quickly. So we see a TV picture, but cat sees the dots and lines from the beam hitting the screen (dots and lines which translate into the picture we see). So: -Normal fast cat won't see/be interested in TV of birds or whatever, and -if your cat DOES watch TV, he's slow |
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Saw this yesterday. People (well, women, of course
Why women "of course"?? I have to disagree with that one, as my DH insists on leaving the TV on so Yoda doesn't miss "Big Cat Diaries." claiming their Bootsie watched TV. Scientific follow up: Cats see faster than us. Have to, to see and pounce quickly. So we see a TV picture, but cat sees the dots and lines from the beam hitting the screen (dots and lines which translate into the picture we see). So: -Normal fast cat won't see/be interested in TV of birds or whatever, and -if your cat DOES watch TV, he's slow I still disagree!! Yoda *only* watches basketball or Big Cat Diaries. I'll concede that the *sounds* on BCD probably help capture his interest, but basketball? If he only saw lines & dots, he wouldn't care what he watched. I don't know what his favorite team is. I'll ask him and get back to you. Sherry |
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