Usually after we raise a cat for a few months, the cat can know who its owner is, which makes us feel amazing. So how do cats recognize their owners? In fact, it mainly relies on these aspects, and it may be better than you think. After reading it, many netizens lamented that cats are so smart!

　1. Dynamic vision

Although cats only have two types of visual cells, green and blue, and can only distinguish a small number of colors, their vision can be said to be blurry, much worse than that of humans.

But at night, a cat’s pupils can expand to double their original surface size, and cats can see moving objects more clearly, so cats can easily catch prey. The owner is a moving animal, which also allows the cat to see more clearly. Cats' dynamic vision is much better than humans, so cats mainly rely on the owner's form and movement to recognize the owner.

　2. Rely on smell

Many people know that dogs have a very sensitive sense of smell, but in fact, cats are even more powerful than dogs. There are about 99 million nerve endings in the nasal mucosa of cats, which is far higher than the 5 million in humans. It can easily distinguish more than 20,000 odors. As long as you have been with it, the cat can easily identify your scent.

Why don’t cats with such a great sense of smell become “police cats”? That’s because cats don’t bother to serve humans!

3. Make marks

Cats are really smart. They use their own methods to identify objects and people, and marking is one of the most commonly used methods by cats. The cat rubs against your legs and face every day. This is definitely not as simple as liking you and tickling you. In fact, it is leaving its own scent on you, so that when it sees you again, it will be able to smell you for the first time. I recognized you instantly.

This is why your cat will keep licking and rubbing you every time you go home. Because after you go out, there is not much of its scent on you anymore, so it will take the trouble to do it over and over again. Mark you again.

4. Rely on hearing

In fact, in addition to their sensitive sense of smell, cats also have very strong hearing. Cats’ hearing range is 60 to 65,000 Hz, which is far higher than the human hearing range, so they can often hear sounds that we cannot hear.

If you get along with a cat for a while, it will remember your voice, tone, and intonation. As soon as you speak, it will know that you are its owner. You may even cover your face and deliberately change your tone. Talk to your cat in a tone of voice, and it will still be able to recognize you easily, because cats are so sensitive to sounds.

5. Lean on the meat cushion

Have you tried many times, and when you opened the door, you found that the cat was already waiting for you behind the door? In fact, cats can know that you are ready to get home when you are still some distance away from home. In addition to relying on In addition to its keen hearing, it also uses its flesh pads.

The cat’s flesh pads have a very strong sense of perception, because everyone’s pace is different, and the cat can sense whether this is its owner through the flesh pads.

6. Remember your behavioral habits

In fact, in addition to the above methods, cats will also recognize their owners by remembering their owners’ behavioral habits, such as their walking postures, hand gestures, etc.

During the time you spend together, the cat has already understood your body language very well, and can often even accurately judge your next action, such as whether you stretch out your left foot or your right foot when walking.

Finally, in fact, cats do not rely on one aspect to identify their owners. When they identify their owners, they collect as much information as possible under the influence of multiple senses, and then make a quick judgment. So as a poop scooper, the cat can recognize you as its owner in the crowd at a glance. Doesn't it feel very gratifying? It proves that it remembers all the kindness you usually do to it.