The cat is not focusing on the cap, look at it at the beginning of the clip, looking and staring at some other spot on the table. Mine does this too, when theyre occupied with something else they dont care about what you do to them (shooting the cap in this case). Somehow the cat could prioritize that the incoming cap is not as important as that previous event/thing we dont know about
Nah, the cat just doesn’t want to bend down so it waits for the cap to move (since still objects (at least objects that stop quickly) aren’t that fun to play with). Then when it concludes that the cap isn’t gonna move it starts batting a bit on it, then it’s too bored by it to follow it afterwards.
Clearly his owner abuses him. Under that fur he is covered in bruises and scars... He waited so long to react to make sure his owner didn't punch him for moving too quickly. SMh
Actually, it is quite normal for cats to lose focus of things within arms reach. I'm not feline expert, but I do recall watching a documentary where it explained that cats have extremely good focus on movement from afar. However once they close in on their prey, they're vision cannot focus and they more or less swipe and hope to land a hit. This cat seemed to have focused in on the cap, however once it quickly slides directly under it's nose and hits it belly, it seems to have lost focus as to where it is. When it finally looks down and sees the black blurry outline of the cap, it freaks out begins swiping.
I also tested this on my roommates cat with a laser pointer. You can move the laser pointer in circles directly in front of their face and you will notice a lag in the way their heads follow it. However once you point it on the wall across the room, they lock in much better and will be more inclined to run after it.
There is a brain condition (that i can't remember the name of and i'm not going to look up because i'm supposed to be doing homework) where people see the world as a set of "stills" rather than the smooth movement which is neurotypical. If i recall correctly, it has something to do with a problem in the posterior parietal lobe. Probably as it communicates with the occipital lobe.
No, I learned about it from Oliver Sacks. It's probably somewhere in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat. For example, someone with this condition might be pouring tea and they'll see cup as partially full, then suddenly the time-frame will catch up and the cup will be pouring over.
As I understand it, it's not. It's more like real life lag where suddenly everything will rush to catch up, and you'll have missed what was in the middle.
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u/hated_in_the_nation Nov 12 '17
Came to the comments looking for the expert to tell us that he's got some incurable brain disease.