Cats are given all kinds of supernatural powers by their owners. This probably derives from the fact your kitten senses the world differently than you or I do. Ah, but how do they differ and can we consider them an enhancement? Cats do have enhanced senses without any doubt. To understand why and how it works, it helps to understand why they have them. They are predators. A cat's senses are enhanced to help it hunt prey in practically any circumstance. As predators, cats are tuned to hunt during particular periods of time. With the average cat, the night is the time to stalk ones prey. To support this fact, cats have superior night vision compared to us, but have worse day vision. To pull this increased vision off during the night, cats have an organic element of their eyes that reflects more light to the iris. This is known as the tapetum lucidum and you have seen it. It is the colored reflection you see in photographs of cats. Ah, but what about hearing. Cats have absolutely tremendous hearing, right? Yes and no. They can hear much better than us when it comes to high pitches, but about the same as us on the lower pitches. Once area where there is no disputing our feline friends have superior senses is smell. We might as well not have noses when discussing any comparison. A cat can smell 14 times as well as we can. Finding your prey is key, but sooner or later you are going to have to touch something. Much of the cats sense of touch comes through its whiskers. It has them on its face, chin, legs, and ankle areas. Whisker use depends on the breed, but all are used to sense touch and provide input to the brain. Brain activity studies show that the sensation sent by the whiskers are processed much like sight, meaning cats can be said to visualize images with their whiskers. Imagine if you couldn't taste sugar. No chocolate. No candy. No fruit. Well, this is more or less the situation with cats when it comes to a sense of taste. They have serious trouble processing sugars, so they tend to stick to meat. So, there you have it. Yes, your cat definitely has enhanced sense, but in different ways than you might have imagined. Knowing the specifics, however, gives you a better ability to interpret what they are doing day in and day out.
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