Special Senses
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The Cat's Vision
- Specialized to detect movement
- Eye adaptations
- Large relative size
- Curved, protruding cornea
The Cat's Vision
We'll start with the cat and her sense of vision. The cat's eyes are specialized to detect movement, a requirement for a predator. The cat has a very large eye relative to body size. The eyes are set well forward on the head, and the cornea is curved and protrudes slightly from the skull. These characteristics of the eye give cats both binocular and lateral vision.