{"id":1244,"date":"2015-08-11T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T20:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2015-08-11T21:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T21:58:38","slug":"cat-eyes-sheep-eyes-measures-and-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-science\/cat-eyes-sheep-eyes-measures-and-countermeasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Eyes, Sheep Eyes, Measures and Countermeasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered why\u00a0cat&#8217;s eyes look so cool, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2015\/08\/scientists-discover-why-cats-have-vertical-pupils\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out this explanation<\/a>\u00a0that covers both predator and prey:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11.5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;\"><em>We found animals with vertically elongated pupils are very likely to be ambush predators which hide until they strike their prey from relatively close distance. They also tend to have eyes on the front of their heads.\u00a0[&#8230;]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11.5px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 20px;\"><em>In contrast, horizontally elongated pupils are nearly always found in grazing animals, which have eyes on the sides of their head. They are also very likely to be prey animals such as sheep and goats.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why is this? Essentially, modeling shows that vertically elongated pupils allow a predator the ability to judge distances without moving its head, thus giving prey fewer opportunities to notice its approach. At the same time, prey with elongated horizontal pupils and eyes on the sides of their head are able to see nearly the entire area around their bodies, providing them with a keen early warning system against predators.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty neat stuff &#8212; definitely worth reading about!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1245\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PredatorAndPrey.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1245\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1245\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PredatorAndPrey-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"Vertical elongated pupils assist predators in ambushing... horizontal elongated pupils assist prey in spotting  (and hopefully escaping) ambushes!\" width=\"440\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PredatorAndPrey-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/PredatorAndPrey.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Measures and Countermeasures<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered why\u00a0cat&#8217;s eyes look so cool, check out this explanation\u00a0that covers both predator and prey: We found animals with vertically elongated pupils are very likely to be ambush predators which hide until they strike their prey from relatively close distance. They also tend to have eyes on the front of their heads.\u00a0[&#8230;] [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}