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- From: toftner@icd.teradyne.com (Liv Toftner)
- Subject: Re: Cat's vision
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.135412.13760@icd.teradyne.com>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:54:12 GMT
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- >So, my daughter comes up to me last night and asks: "Does Nugget see in
- >color?" (Nugget is the cat of course!). I summon up all my knowledge on
- >the subject and answer: "Ah, er, a .......I don't know."
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- >Aha, but I know where to ask...I hope. So what say ye? Do cats see in
- >living color or just black and white?
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- According to this great book that was just given to me, 'Cat Watching' by
- Desmond Morris, cats do have limited color vision, ie. they can't
- distinguish between scarlet and rose red, but they can tell the difference
- between red and blue or red and green.
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- Liv, Pounce and Lion
-