Cats

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Sun Nov 9 07:57:18 2003

Off topic, but...

Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!

Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.

So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.

But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but
they are far closer to that than we are.

ben franchuk wrote:

> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
>>> videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
>>> its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
>>> movement and sound, zero plot.
>>
>>
>>
>> So in other words, "cat porn".
>>
>
>
> NO! Nude Cat girl ,Errr Nevermind.
>
> It don't even have to look real,since the screen saver on my DVD
> player is a glass ball constantly moving around the screen,
> my cat often stares at it for few minutes and then walks away.
> Many years ago there was a nature program on TV with birds chirping
> and the cat was trying to catch the bird with his paw on the screen.
> Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they all love to go
> after that spot of light.
> Ben.
> PS I think most cats don't watch tv because of the loud noise from
> most tv shows.
>
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>
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Received on Sun Nov 09 2003 - 07:57:18 GMT