Originally posted by RICHARD
do cats have the same sense of smell that dogs have????

sometimes i walk into the room where Eddie is asleep and he'll wake up sniffing the air until he sees me.....

Does anyone have any info on this???


Sensory Organs

A cat's senses are tuned to hunting small animals and are usually very precise. These sensory organs include: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and the nerves in their skin.

A cat's ears can hear over very long distances and can hear frequencies of up to 65kHz, while humans can only hear frequencies of up to 22kHz. This is why cats are so sensitive to loud noises.

The eyes of a cat give it a full color and three-dimensional view of the world and very accurate size and distance information about their prey to allow for quick and deadly attacks.

A cat's sense of smell is not as powerful as that of a dog, but it is still more developed than a human's sense of smell. This allows them to smell their prey or dangers from a distance.

Cats also have very sensitive whiskers on their face, which gives them good spacial perception. This can prevent them from crawling into spaces that are too small for them so that they don't get stuck.

Source: Pets-opedia