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What is a cats average reaction time?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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I can't seem to find this simple number documented anywhere online, so I did a measurement.

My cat loves chasing a laser pointer, so I filmed him at 210 frames per second slow motion with my Casio EX-FC100 digital camera. From the time the laser spot starts moving, to the time his head reorients to track it, takes 10-15 frames, which is 50-70 milliseconds.

For human beings, the "smooth pursuit" eye tracking literature shows about a 150 millisecond latency, which is two or three times more than my estimate of cat visual latency.

Your cat may vary.

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omg give real answers people!!! :@

It isn't possible to give the average speed of the cat as there are so many species that run in different ways and speeds, and of course a lot of them are dying out as well...

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On average the maximum speed of a domestic cat is 30-35mph. In kilometres, it's about 50.

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4.72km/h

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