Can Cats See Color?

7. Can cats see in the dark?

Absolutely. Cats have top-notch night vision because they pretty much need it to survive. They are crepuscular creatures, which means they are most active and alert at dawn and dusk, and therefore they do all their hunting in low light conditions. Their eyes have about six to eight times more rod receptors than our eyes do, which are cells that are sensitive to low light. But while both cats and dogs have a high concentration of rods but fewer cones than humans, we have just the opposite -- lots of cones but a low concentration of rods. This explains why our night vision is generally poor, but our color vision is far superior.