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post Oct 23 2006, 12:35 PM
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Has anyone noticed that blind animals ( I have a blind cat) can find their way around quite perfectly? This is quite strange, as their brains are alot smaller than humans. Anyone got any other views?


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post Oct 23 2006, 12:39 PM
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I think its their highly developed sence of smell.... huh.gif
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post Oct 23 2006, 12:43 PM
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smell, and more importantly; hearing. both senses are way more developed than sight for both cats and dogs, as well as many other animals.


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post Oct 23 2006, 12:49 PM
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Quite probably. Especially cats and dogs, as they use smell to do most things anyway.

It depends on how long they have been blind for, and where they go. How far from your house does the cat go (does it leave the house?)?

I would assume that if you has been blind all your life/from very early in life, you would get better at moving about than somone who was blinded when they were used to seeing.

And my second point - after a bit of practice, you could probably move around you own home with no sight. Sure, you may bump into things a bit, but after a good while of practicing, you could do it.


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post Oct 23 2006, 01:10 PM
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a bit of practise he says... it takes a damn lot. i have experience with it, using a blindfold for a week. (weird experience though...)


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post Oct 23 2006, 03:07 PM
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Well he wanders around the house and sometime the garden. He has been blind since about 4 years ago, so he had altleast 8years of sight*
But im decorating my room ATM, and he never bumps into the stuff, its just weird. It must be smell i guess.


*wow my cats old mellow.gif


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post Oct 23 2006, 03:29 PM
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as they say, dogs and cats see with there noses, and those whiskers sticking out help aswell.


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post Oct 23 2006, 03:54 PM
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and their reflexes are extreme.


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post Oct 23 2006, 05:21 PM
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Well, the ears of some animals just work as Radar.
Human could that too, but the never learned to use it.
Blind people are learning that slow, but because human don't use it all those billons of years, the evolution has "trown" it away angry.gif .


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post Oct 23 2006, 06:21 PM
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you mean like bats do?


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post Oct 23 2006, 06:40 PM
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Something like that, errr, jea!


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post Oct 23 2006, 07:39 PM
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i think cats and dogs could do that...


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post Oct 24 2006, 09:17 AM
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Cats that aren't blind are the only mammals (besides owls) that can see in JUST starlight. I can darken my entire bedroom and the tiny little red light on my stereo is enough for my cat to see everything perfectly. Amazing animals, they are.


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post Oct 24 2006, 09:43 AM
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Yer, except cats can't type messages on fourms xD

But yer Cats eyesite is extreme, especially in the dark.


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post Oct 25 2006, 11:53 AM
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I would i can see so well in dark! but i cant cry.gif (i miss those emoticons!) angry.gif


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