Dogs and cats don't see as clearly as humans—and they're lacking in the color department—but they can see movement much better than we can.
Ever wish you could peer into your cat, dog, skink, or betta fish’s brain? It would give you a far better perspective of the world—or at least help you be a smarter pet parent. We’re here to demystify your animals , while also shedding advice on how you can best thrive together. Welcome to Pet Psychic.
This demonstration is purely for color purposes. The yellow and blue tones come through, but reds don’t. In reality, the dog and cat vision would also be a lot blurrier.From a physiology standpoint, the unique view comes down to types of light receptors in the eye itself. “Because dogs and cats are predators, they don’t have to be able to tell the difference between some similar shades,” Houpt explains. “As primates, we have to know whether that persimmon is ripe or not.
They can also see more at once than humans. While our field of view is approximately 180 degrees, feline and canine eyes bulge out a little to expand their peripheral vision. That same motion detection extends to the edges of their vision, so even if they can’t tell what’s moving, they know something’s coming.
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