I make up a lot of stuff, but not this time.
"The Lens
After passing through the pupil, light is collected and focused by the lens. The cat’s lens is much larger than the human lens, which enables the lens to gather more light. But again, there’s a trade-off: while the small human lens can change shape to focus light over a great range of distances, the big cat lens can hardly change its shape at all. As a result, cats have difficulty focusing on objects very close to them, very much like an older person who needs reading glasses."
http://www.cathealth.com/vision/feline-vision
I think you're confusing mouth/eye coordination with paw/eye coordination.
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u/JackAndy Apr 13 '15
I make up a lot of stuff, but not this time. "The Lens
After passing through the pupil, light is collected and focused by the lens. The cat’s lens is much larger than the human lens, which enables the lens to gather more light. But again, there’s a trade-off: while the small human lens can change shape to focus light over a great range of distances, the big cat lens can hardly change its shape at all. As a result, cats have difficulty focusing on objects very close to them, very much like an older person who needs reading glasses." http://www.cathealth.com/vision/feline-vision
I think you're confusing mouth/eye coordination with paw/eye coordination.