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“This episode brought to you by Meow Mix Cat Food. The only one cats ask for by name.”
INTRO------- HI GUYS I’M CATIE WAYNE AND THIS IS ANIMALIST
NEWS. AS I’M SURE YOU GUYS MAY KNOW, CATS ARE
WAY BETTER THAN HUMANS… AND I’M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE THEY’RE FLUFFIER AND ALL AROUND
CUTER. HERE ARE 5 THINGS CATS DO BETTER THAN US HUMANS.
#1! - A CAT’S SENSE OF HEARING IS REMARKABLY SUPERIOR TO THAT OF HUMANS. A CATS’ RANGE
OF HEARING IN HERTZ CAN REACH UP TO 64,000 COMPARED TO 23,000 IN HUMANS. MEANING THAT
CATS CAN HEAR SOUNDS THAT WE CAN’T HEAR ON BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM… ESPECIALLY
THE HIGHER END.
#2 ANIMALS INTERPRET THE WORLD BY SMELLS, UNLIKE HUMANS WHO MOSTLY RELY ON SIGHT. YOU
KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, “SMELLING IS BELIEVING.” CATS HAVE AROUND 19 MILLION ODOR SENSITIVE
CELLS IN THEIR NOSTRILS. ”THAT’S WHY CATS USE PHEROMONES AND OTHER SCENTS TO COMMUNICATE!
CATS EVEN USE SCENT GLANDS ON THEIR HEADS AND PAWS TO MARK THEIR TERRITORY OR FAMILY.
IT’S NO WONDER HUMANS DON’T COMMUNICATE THROUGH SCENT, CONSIDERING WE ONLY HAVE FIVE
MILLION ODOR SENSITIVE CELLS, AND SOME OF US REALLY SMELL….
#3 TOUCH- A CAT’S WHISKERS ARE AN IMPORTANT MEANS FOR A CAT TO GET AROUND. I BET YOU DIDN’T
KNOW THAT CATS HAVE WHISKERS ON THEIR JAWLINE, AND ON THE BACKS OF THEIR FRONT LEGS! WHISKERS-
HELP CATS NAVIGATE IN NARROW AREAS….THEY BASICALLY WORK AS ANTENNAS, WHICH ALLOW THEM
TO BE THEIR CRAZY, CURIOUS SELVES!
#4! CATS HAVE REMARKABLE VISION! THEY CAN SEE PANORAMIC VIEW, BY DILATING THEIR PUPILS.
PANORAMIC VISION HELPS CATS HUNT AND CAPTURE QUICK MICE, OR BIRDS MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN
HUMANS CAN WITH THEIR BARE HANDS. CATS CAN ALSO SEE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT! NO WONDER THEY
TEND TO GET SPOOKED OVER NOTHING SOMETHINGS. THEIR CATTY SENSES ARE TOO CRAZY FOR THEM
TO HANDLE AT TIMES! AND
#5- TASTE! - CATS ARE KNOWN TO BE CHOOSY ABOUT THEIR FOOD, WHILE DOGS ON THE OTHER HAND,
WOULD EAT ALMOST ANY TREAT YOU GIVE THEM. THE REASON WHY CATS ARE FINICKY EATERS IS
BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE 473 TASTE BUDS WHEREAS HUMANS HAVE AROUND 9,000! NO WONDER CATS COUNT
ON THEIR SMELL WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD!
SPEAKING OF CAT FOOD, LETS TAKE A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT OUR SPONSOR MEOW MIX! WITH MEOW
MIX, IT’S MORE THAN JUST A MEAL, ITS MEOW MIX MEALTIME. WITH IRRESISTIBLE TASTE, AND
WHOLESOME NUTRITION, NO WONDER IT’S THE ONLY ONE CATS ASK FOR BY NAME.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR STRONGEST SENSE IS? YOUR SIGHT? TASTE, HEARING? MINE IS SLEEPING….LET
ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THESE OTHER VIDEOS AND
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