Vet explains how cats and dogs see and hear after simulation left people's minds blown
Callum Jones
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A vet has explained how cats and dogs can see and hear after a simulation video shocked many online.
YouTuber Benn Jordan has created clever simulations to show how we appear and sound to our pets.
Dogs, for example, apparently perceive time as being about 33 percent slower than we do, therefore our movements and voices appear slower and lower to them.
Meanwhile, cats see in a quicker way in comparison to humans.
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Jordan went on to explain: "Cats don't see in many more colors than dogs do but the sharpness in which they see is much superior to dogs and humans."
He added: "Nonetheless, it makes it impressive that they can always land on their feet considering that they have less time to process it."
To put it into comparison, cats see in 100 frames per second (FPS), while most of us can see between 30 and 60 frames per second.
Dr Anna Foreman, a vet from Everypaw Pet Insurance, has since explained how our furry friends can see.
She explained to UNILAD: "Much like humans, dogs and cats have a perception of time. Their circadian rhythm operates over a 24-hour period much like we do – with seeming memory of mealtimes and bedtimes caused by changes in the body (as well as light levels).
"Dogs are theorised to experience time more slowly than humans as they have a faster visual processing rate which means that their world moves more slowly than ours does. A dog’s flicker fusion rate (CFF) is a crude correlation to the rapidity at which a retina ‘updates’ an image (ie. how ‘fast’ an animal can see), and a dog’s CFF is higher than a human’s.
"A cat’s CFF is seen to be the same or slightly slower than a human’s however, which is why it is theorised that cats see ‘slower’ than a human. This means they would see fast moving objects more slowly, which helps with hunting. There are also some theories that a dog can sense time through the strength of a smell, with a stronger smell associated with a more current event."
The expert continued: "Regarding how to communicate with them, much communication with animals revolves around body language and tone of voice rather than what is said or the pitch of it.
"Dogs and cats can hear in higher frequencies than we can, meaning they can hear higher pitched sounds, however we do not need to necessarily change how high or low our voices are."