[geeks] OT: cat

[David Cantrell]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 11:00:56AM -0600, Eric Dittman wrote:
> Have you ever looked at a cat with night vision equipment?
> Their eyes glow like there's light bulbs in them.

IIRC they have an extra layer of reflective gubbins at the back of the eye,
so as to give any photons which got through the light-receptive cells
another chance to be detected.  A pretty sensible adaptation for a nocturnal
predator.

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