Cats hear 3 times better than humans

Cats have three times the hearing of a human.

The human ear can only capture sounds below 20,000 Hz. Cats' ears, on the other hand, can effectively capture sounds from 20,000 Hz - 90,000 Hz.

In terms of hearing, dogs are also no match for cats.

The extreme hearing of a dog is only about 38,000 Hz.

And the most common cats can hear at least 60,000 hertz or more.

You speak as quietly as possible, cats can hear

Cat-Res scientists conducted a set of experiments in an experimental area of 70 square meters, a precision controllable tape recorder constantly playing the name of the cat, 30 centimeters away from the recorder sat a human, while the cat was at the farthest diagonal from the recorder in a straight line.

To make the experimental area highly simulate a human home environment, the separate space where the cat is located is also separated by a separate room door.

The recorder played the cat's name continuously, three times at each volume. The sound gradually decreased in volume, and from the 15th playback, the human sitting next to the recorder could no longer hear the sound being played. However, cats in a separate rooms can still respond to the sound of their names.

Scientists have conducted various tests on cat ears, which are one of the most powerful sound recorders in nature.

If you are at home, even hiding in the toilet and secretly muttering a bad word about your cat, your cat can hear it.

So, give up the attempt to "try to whisper bad things about cats", if you have a problem with cats, why not say it directly to their face, at least "the cat can still think you are a gentleman".

The secret of a cat's hearing is related to ear hair

The pooper scooper must be no stranger to ear hair.

Especially when your cat has problems with ear mites, the pooper scooper will first gently cut off the cat's ear hair, to give the cat ear cleaning and medication.

But a recent zoological study shows that cats' hearing is actually related to ear hair.

When scientists rescued a lynx, they stumbled upon a situation: when the lynx's ear hair was cut off, the lynx's ability to hunt was greatly reduced.

The lynx has about 5.5 cm of ear hair, and scientists have long believed that the ear hair of this cat's, biggest role is to block dust.

This lynx, so scientists began to think about the relationship between ear hair and predatory ability, after a series of experiments and tests, scientists found that the lynx ear hair has a direct impact on the lynx's hearing.

Ear hair is equivalent to the lynx ear "antennae" in general, ear hair can make the sound gathered together to a greater extent, collected by the cochlea.

The lynx experiment made scientists interested in the ear hair of all felines.

Domestic cats naturally became the subject of study.

Because of the different breeds, the length of ear hairs in domestic cats varies widely. However, cats such as Maine cats and some Persian cats still retain longer ear hairs.

After experiments, scientists determined that: ear hair can indeed improve a cat's hearing, and when the ear hair is cut, the cat's hearing is reduced.

When ear hair is cut because of ear mite treatment, pooper scoopers do not need to worry, the cat's ear hair can be reborn.

Do not cut your cat's ear hair easily unless it is for treatment.

Ear hair affects your cat's hearing. When your cat has no ear hair, you need to be more understanding if it has significant hearing loss.