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cats raised in a circular room can't see trees!
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cats raised in a circular room can't see trees!
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Now, i have heard that a cat, raised in a room without corners can not see tree's. Not only that, but anything that is straight, is this true?
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Have not heard that, but the brain/eye does process straight lines separately from curved lines, so it is plausible that the part of the brain/eye that deals with straight lines might fail to develop if there is nothing to practice on (one question might be whether this is a permanent disability, or merely that the animal might have to start going through the learning curve late in life).
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Yes i have heard that and saw something which delved slightly into it on the TV. . Supposidly an experiment was performed where they were raised in a room there was nothing vertically visible (circular room)and when they were exposed to an normal enviroment they were unable to percieve or maybe understand up or down.
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A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
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How can you tell if a cat is blonde?
No matter what height you drop it from it always lands on its head!
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cats raised in a circular room can't see trees!
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How many perfectly straight trees have you seen?
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All of them, but I was raised in a shperical room.
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Oh that explains a few things.
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With a name like that...
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