Can Cats See Things We Can't? Why They Suddenly Stare at the Ceiling
My cat suddenly stared at the ceiling or a corner of the room, occasionally moving its head left and right, but still staring at that position, even making 'click-click-click' sounds. You stared at the position for a long time,without seeing anything suspiciousno bugs, no toys, not even empty
Did you ever experience this situation? At this moment, you suddenly began to believe that cats are spiritual and can see what humans cannot see!
Is it really as you think?
NO! This happens becauseThe root is actually the cat's super hearing!Cats can easily hear the sound of rats passing outside your house, even the sound of your neighbors writing on paper is beyond the hearing of cats; this is why cats stare at the ceiling. So, what exactly is the cat's hearing like?
Simply from the cat's ability to hear sound frequencies,Humans' highest audible frequency is about 20,000 HzMost natural musical instruments emit frequencies of 2000-5000 Hz, only triangle, bells, and zithers can emit 12000-20000 Hz sounds; dogs can hear frequencies up to 38,000 HzCats, however, can hear frequencies of 5-60,000 Hzalmost three times the human hearing limit
Many noises that are noisy to humans are nightmare-like noises to cats,such as the high-power operation of vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, and firecrackers, for cats are nightmare-like noise. This is also why cats are afraid of hair dryers. So, cat owners, in the future, if you still give cats a bath, try to dry the cats as much as possible and reduce the time using hair dryers
Humans' each ear is controlled by 6 muscles, cats' ears are controlled by 32 musclesso cats' ears are very flexiblethey can rotate 180°they can easily determine the source of sound without rotating their heads. This has also caused many times cat owners call home cat, the cat just moved its ears slightly, when it confirms the sound source, it doesn't make much movement, hurting cat owners' heart
Cats' ears are a barometer of cat's moodOh, when cats are happy, cats' ears are upright and pointing to both sides of the head; when cats feel threatened, cats' ears are pinched back to the head; when cats are unwell, ears also look floppy; when cats are particularly interested in something, ears are also upright, pointing in the direction of their curiosity
The structure of cats' ears determines that cats can more accurately judge the source of sound. Have you noticed that there is a structure similar to a pocket on the outside of the ears below?
This structure is calledskin edge pouchalso known asHenry's pocketapparently named after a man named Henry;this structure can change the pathway of sound transmission
just like humans invented multi-point positioning, through different sound pathways, humans' judgment of sound intensity and position, even if humans' ears are sensitive, will have an error of about 4 degrees, but cats' error range is only 0.5 degrees; at the same time, this also helps cats receive high-frequency sounds, helping cats catch preyCat owners should not forget to clean this little ear when cleaning cats' ears, which is important for cats
