Cats can recognize their owners at a glance. How do they rely on it? I believe many people are curious about this question! How does a cat "recognize" its owner? The answer is here!
1. Sense of smell
Cat's sense of smell is naturally very sensitive. There are about 99 million nerve endings in its nasal mucosa, which is far higher than the 5 million of humans. Cats can easily distinguish over 20,000 odors.
Therefore, cats rely on their sense of smell to recognize their owners. Cats can remember the smell of you. The cat rubs against your legs and face every day. This is marking it. The cat is leaving its own scent on you.
Whenever you come home from get off work, your cat will smell you and confirm your identity.
2. Hearing
Cats also have strong hearing. As soon as you speak, it knows that you are its owner. Because cats can remember your voice and rely on tone, speed, and intonation to determine whether you are its owner. Cats can also judge whether the owner is angry based on the owner's tone of voice, and they are very good at observing words and expressions.
Whenever you come home, you will see your cat waiting at the door to greet you. The cat uses hearing to sense the frequency of your walking and determine whether you are one of its own. No wonder the cat greets you immediately every time you come home.
3, Visual
Cats can only see green and blue. Compared with human vision, it is much worse and can only distinguish a small number of colors. Therefore, cats are color weak but not color blind . Cats' vision can be said to be blurry, but it does not affect their ability to remember our faces.
Although cats have poor eyesight, they have strong night vision. At night, their pupils can expand to double their original surface size, and they can easily capture prey in weak light. Therefore, cats have stronger dynamic vision and can capture the owner’s actions and recognize the owner.
A cat’s brain has a certain memory ability. During daily play with it, it will remember your appearance, voice and smell. When identifying their owners, they will use a combination of multiple abilities to identify who is their owner.
Therefore, cats do not recognize their owners solely by relying on one of their senses, but rely on many abilities to recognize their owners.
The longer you spend time with the cat, the more familiar the cat will be with you. For a kitten that has just arrived home, if you want it to recognize its owner quickly, the pet owner can use some snacks to play with it more and play more games with the cat. This will make it easier for the cat to remember you. In addition to interacting and playing with the cat more, you can also feed the cat more delicious food, and the cat will become more dependent on you.
The cat recognizes you as its owner at a glance. Doesn’t it feel a little bit gratifying? It proves that the cats remember the good things we do to them.
Conclusion: Can your cat recognize you at a glance?
