Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!tellab1!etan From: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: The six senses of a cat Message-ID: <640@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 09:22:12 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab1.640 Posted: Tue Oct 15 09:22:12 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 00:29:36 EDT References: <165@drutx.UUCP> <116@talaris.UUCP> Reply-To: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 13 Summary: In article <116@talaris.UUCP> phil@talaris.UUCP (Phil Cohen) writes: > >Ever notice how cats sway back and forth from side to side >just before they pounce on a toy, mouse, bird etc.? > >A neuroscientist friend once told me this lateral motion >increases their depth perception. Is this the same reason why some just wiggle their butts? And why is it that, when they see a bird, cats softly chirp to themselves? -etan