Do cats have a better sense of hearing, smell, eye sight, taste or touch than a person has?
Cats have much more sensitive senses of hearing and smell than humans do, which makes sense since they are obligate carnivores and rely on those abilities for tracking prey. They are able to hear a range of 45-64,000Hz whereas we can only hear 64-23,000Hz – a big difference! As for touch, their extremely sensitive whiskers give them a substantial advantage over humans and they can provide an abundance of sensory information, from wind direction to air pressure. Their whiskers are also important for their sense of balance, and are part of why cats almost always land on their feet. Sight is an area where humans have the upper hand, though, at least in some ways. In the eye there are two types of special cells called rods and cones. Cones are responsible for high-acuity color vision, while rods handle low-light, black & white vision and motion detection. Humans have a high ratio of cones to rods, giving us superior color and detail vision but crummy night vision. We also have three types
