Why Are Cat's Pupils Slit Shaped?

Ғылым және технология

Did you know that the domestic cat has some of the best eyes in the animal kingdom! It's true, and it's all to do with the shape of their pupils!
Join the conversation on Facebook: thescienceofeverything

Пікірлер: 45

  • @CocaineShane
    @CocaineShane5 жыл бұрын

    That was eye opening.

  • @beaconblaster33

    @beaconblaster33

    3 жыл бұрын

    pupil dilating?

  • @SebastianLopez-hz9uo
    @SebastianLopez-hz9uo5 жыл бұрын

    Cats eyes are GOAT

  • @taylorboyd7463

    @taylorboyd7463

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sebastian Lopez goat eyes are CAT (coolest all time)

  • @robertleivonen6116
    @robertleivonen61163 жыл бұрын

    Eyes to the sides, run and hide (i.e. prey) Eyes to the front, on the hunt

  • @LilooTheWolfDemigod
    @LilooTheWolfDemigod6 жыл бұрын

    They are reacting to the sensitivity of light.. :D

  • @yonkerz6456
    @yonkerz64563 жыл бұрын

    I read this is “why are cat’s pupils shit shaped”

  • @davygravy7332
    @davygravy73322 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the video and learned from it, the part about focus was great. I was living in Maine and with a friend hunting rabbits, he was able to spot rabbits very easily in dense brush. I asked him how he did it and he told me he trained his eyes to look for small circles the pupil of the rabbit eyes, once he fount the eyes he was able to figure out the body outline. He said that the circle is rare in nature and seems to be mostly in the shape of many animal pupils. Close range ambush hunters need to hide that feature from the next meal. It is very hard to see vertical slit eyes looking through tall grass. Large cats (lion, tiger leopard and jaguar) have round pupils and they hunt day and night.

  • @Tracy_Motel
    @Tracy_Motel6 жыл бұрын

    My cat pupils changes normal slit at morning and giant ass circle at night

  • @jocopowell
    @jocopowell2 жыл бұрын

    Large cats such as lions and tigers have round pupils like we do.

  • @tylersmith3139

    @tylersmith3139

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's because being higher off the ground helps better with perception meaning the eyes don't have to pull off as many tricks to get amazing depth accuracy

  • @reptilianhumanoids8017

    @reptilianhumanoids8017

    4 ай бұрын

    @@tylersmith3139chat shiyte no they don’t

  • @Mark-dm4dd

    @Mark-dm4dd

    2 ай бұрын

    So does my housecat and when you Google " Cat" you see the round pupils

  • @marceld8961

    @marceld8961

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Mark-dm4dd I think there eyes change off light. There eyes can become slit like due to light. I could be wrong.

  • @docmarc36

    @docmarc36

    2 ай бұрын

    @@reptilianhumanoids8017are you really so lazy as not to Google before you disagree?

  • @viraanshbhanushalirocks
    @viraanshbhanushalirocks7 жыл бұрын

    Hey man I love your videos , I think they are super under viewed man keep up the good work

  • @Mdot555
    @Mdot5553 ай бұрын

    Question is why do cats have slit pupils like vipers and all other big cats have round pupils?

  • @mickalinjezerx7104
    @mickalinjezerx71042 жыл бұрын

    How come big cats eyes are not like that!

  • @reptilianhumanoids8017

    @reptilianhumanoids8017

    4 ай бұрын

    Do research on annunaki gods from Iraq they created them mixing hybrid animals and creating dna strands these huge humans which are from a different planet called nibiru created a lot of what u know u don’t know

  • @marceld8961

    @marceld8961

    2 ай бұрын

    @@reptilianhumanoids8017I heard about this and how did they do cats?

  • @christianfiguroa7147
    @christianfiguroa71472 жыл бұрын

    All those animals with slit pupils are more advanced

  • @virtualworldsbyloff
    @virtualworldsbyloff Жыл бұрын

    Not a single answer about the video's questions... Weasels hunt by ambush, very close to the ground and have round pupils

  • @josiemainecoon
    @josiemainecoon5 жыл бұрын

    so why do lions or other big cats not have slit eyes??

  • @Sleksin

    @Sleksin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Those ones may not hunt at night. It's also entirely possible that they simply have not evolved to have slit eyes.

  • @vonkrieg9642

    @vonkrieg9642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most of them hunt day and night, and ambush just like cats, so there's no clear answer to that, but cats and their predecessors breed much faster than big cats, so their tendency to mutate is much bigger, and probably the eyes were one of those mutations, that's what I think.

  • @danieldmeza3121

    @danieldmeza3121

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s believed to be because domestic cats usually hunt below grass level and the slit eyes helps them focus through the tall grass. That’s why predators like Foxes and many reptiles that hunt below grass level have slit eyes.

  • @killed_phill796

    @killed_phill796

    4 ай бұрын

    Cats are lizards

  • @alex-chicago-80
    @alex-chicago-804 жыл бұрын

    But that doesn't explain big cats. They hunt at night yet they have oval pupils.

  • @dwightlangston5444

    @dwightlangston5444

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. He shouldn't have used big cats in the video. It's misleading.

  • @naturalmystic5098
    @naturalmystic50984 ай бұрын

    LIONS DONT HAVE SLIT EYES...

  • @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous
    @IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous7 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the amazibg worl you have here!

  • @mr.nobody6205
    @mr.nobody62054 ай бұрын

    But lions and tigers don’t have slit eyes

  • @dwightlangston5444
    @dwightlangston54443 жыл бұрын

    I know this is an old video but lions don't have vertical pupils.

  • @PAULLONDEN

    @PAULLONDEN

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good point , but in essence lions still have elliptical pupils , more rounded though because unlike housecats most bigger felines also hunt during the daytime. Whilst lions do hunt by day they will have evolved to have less sensitive retinas. Therefore they may not need to have their eyes slitted during the day.

  • @introvertfortnitegirl3048
    @introvertfortnitegirl30486 жыл бұрын

    My cats eyes are green glossy and has round pupils ;~;

  • @berserker706

    @berserker706

    5 жыл бұрын

    Introvert Fortnite girl that's normal, any cats can change there round pupils into a sharp looking pupils,

  • @vonkrieg9642

    @vonkrieg9642

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@berserker706 Only Manul can't, it's a wild species, but it's still a type of cat.

  • @straleus
    @straleus6 жыл бұрын

    Should have more views

  • @thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303
    @thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303 Жыл бұрын

    Reading micro facial expressions is extremely important! Which is why I find anyone who pushes masks on the young, is practicing cruel and unusual punishment.

  • @bluekron
    @bluekron2 ай бұрын

    I guess your theory of evolution doesn't help you on this one huh big cats have round pupils, so not sure why you keep showing big cats in the background

  • @peaknuckle6942
    @peaknuckle69424 жыл бұрын

    I would like to publicly dispute these postulations with my own experience: steriopsis is not how we judge distance alone. Athletes born with a condition known as strabismus, use one dominant eye to do the work of 2. Very accurately. I can also close one eye and perform as well as with 2 open when peripheral vision is not a factor. Such as hitting a tennis ball, or baseball, or shooting a basket ball. More research needs to be included in a video like this, if you expect it to be met without critical review.

  • @damien6333
    @damien63336 жыл бұрын

    One more eye pun and ill knock you out m8 Great vid though

  • @christianfiguroa7147
    @christianfiguroa71472 жыл бұрын

    Hurry get to the point thanks

  • @minimalist1807
    @minimalist1807Ай бұрын

    reptilian ancestors..nothing what u babling dude unfortunatly cats and other cats from wildness arent same race or from same place...amen

Келесі