[HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs Norris: A Character Study

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 1255



> Cats are designed to specialize in hearing: a huge amount of their
> brain is auditory cortex, and they have those dish-antenna ears
> that swivel to focus the sound. They have a better sense of smell
> than humans. And they have lousy eyesight. Mrs. Norris probably
> 'notices' Harry by the sound of his breathing and heartbeat and the
> smell of his nervousness, and stares 'at' him in some confusion
> trying to see the Big Blob that is supposed to accompany that sound
> and that smell.

Actually, cats' eyesight's quite good.  They've got huge eyes relative to
their face, and there's been studies showing that they use their vision a
fair bit.  They seem to see things pretty much as we do, except they've got
far better night vision and peripheral vision, and aren't so good on colour
vision.

Jinx