9 Nov
2003
9 Nov
'03
5:29 a.m.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Bob Shannon wrote:
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.
So, what cat did they interview who spilled the beans on this?
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