Why Is The Hearing of Cats And Dogs Better than Yours?
It’s known that dogs have an extraordinary sense of smell. But how about hearing? Have you ever encountered such situations that your dogs come to the front door and start barking the minute before the doorbell rings? Or when you gently open your cats’ food container, they do know that and come over to you even if they are two rooms away? Cats and dogs can hear what humans can’t. Theoretically, humans can listen to sound with frequency ranging from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, and as they grow older, the upper limit will decrease. Dogs can hear sounds with frequencies ranging from about 15 Hz- 45,000 Hz, and cats’ is about 60 Hz- 65,000 Hz. You can always observe that dogs and cats often prick their ears up and seem like they are trying to hear something even when you think the whole environment is all quiet. Do they have sixth senses? So they know that the next second, someone will knock on the door? That’s because they have far better hearings than humans. But why? Below are som...