9 Nov
2003
9 Nov
'03
8:57 a.m.
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but
they are far closer to that than we are.
ben franchuk wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
NO! Nude Cat girl ,Errr Nevermind.
It don't even have to look real,since the screen saver on my DVD
player is a glass ball constantly moving around the screen,
my cat often stares at it for few minutes and then walks away.
Many years ago there was a nature program on TV with birds chirping
and the cat was trying to catch the bird with his paw on the screen.
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they all love to go
after that spot of light.
Ben.
PS I think most cats don't watch tv because of the loud noise from
most tv shows.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or
anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".