Help Feline Senses Cats possess highly developed senses that evolved to make them better predators. Cats are exciting to watch whether they are on the prowl, playing or stalking a potential snack. Their hearing is so developed that cats can determine the direction of a noise or sound with no more than a 5 degree error. This sense of hearing enables them to be very effective predators.
Cats also have excellent night vision and are able to track their prey in dark environments.
Smell The cat's sense of smell is its primary resource for identifying things in its environment. Cats are capable of sensing 200 million odors and they live in a sensory world completely apart from ours. A cat s sense of smell is very important and may even result in some puzzling and disturbing behavior. Explores the biological and behavioral reasons why a cat will spray and mark and explains how to stop this behavior. You may know more about cat health than you do about your own.