Can cats see optical illusions?

    Can cats see optical illusions?

    This YouTube video tests a cat's ability to distinguish reality from optical illusions

    He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

    This YouTube video tests a cat's ability to distinguish reality from optical illusions





    Cats are incredibly intelligent animals: they are able to set traps for their prey, to slip into the tightest spaces and also to communicate with us humans - albeit in their own way. But can they perceive an optical illusion? This is what the videomaker Hosico Cat asked himself, who, on his YouTube channel, published a very nice video in which the intelligence of an orange cat is tested by a mat representing a vortex.

    As for the sight and perception of the environment around him, cats do not seem to be able to distinguish reality from illusion which, in addition to the sense of sight, also requires a deeper sense of understanding of the environment to understand that illusion does not really exist. One scientific study conducted some time ago showed how optical illusions represent reality for felines: for example, just drawing a square on the ground is enough for the cat to snuggle into it, convinced that it is a real box (this is because his brain perceives the space as closed, even if only on a two-dimensional level).

    The video cited, therefore, is grafted onto a strand of scientific literature already partially beaten - even if it is a simple empirical observation without pretensions. However, it demonstrates how the cat Hosico "believes" that the hole in the floor represented by the optical illusion on the mat is real, and therefore does his best to avoid falling into it. After a few moments spent looking into the hole, in fact, we see Hosico lie down on the edge, careful not to fall.

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