this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
307 points (100.0% liked)
cats
25535 readers
649 users here now
Typical internet cats. Videos, pics, memes, and discussion welcome!
Rule 1) Be kind
Rule 2) Follow the lemmy.world rules
other cat communities
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Apparently dogs do this so they can get another angle on a sound, helps them figure out where the sound is coming from in 3D space
Cats do the whole radar dish ears thing, maybe they don’t need to tilt their whole head because of it? Hmm
our brains aren't as good at directional sound. our hunting skills are tied to our physical endurance, ocular range, pattern recognition, and tool development. like… we could tip our heads, and some traditional hunters even do having developed that skill early in life, but it just doesn't give us as much extra info as it does canids and felids
edit: oh! i forgot the other part. our ears are on the sides of our heads. we get more horizonal info by default than most hunters, and in fact our ears are more valuable for appraising threats where they'd come from for us: the peripheries and from behind
I dunno, personally I can’t get it to work