Cats & Lasers
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How do they stop the animals from looking into the lazer? Do they have special goggles for animals? Tiny little cat goggles?
posted by The River Ivel at 5:07 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by The River Ivel at 5:07 AM on July 30, 2012
Had to stop watching... was giving me a headache. Cats and companions were cute though.
posted by theplotchickens at 5:12 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by theplotchickens at 5:12 AM on July 30, 2012
School of fish? Worms? Sperm? I don't know, there was some sort of strange imagery going on with those multiple animal shots
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posted by HuronBob at 5:14 AM on July 30, 2012
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posted by HuronBob at 5:14 AM on July 30, 2012
How do they stop the animals from looking into the lazer?
I've never seen a cat figure out that the tiny, red, circular mouse it is chasing has anything to do with the boring human thing I am holding.
posted by DU at 5:18 AM on July 30, 2012
I've never seen a cat figure out that the tiny, red, circular mouse it is chasing has anything to do with the boring human thing I am holding.
posted by DU at 5:18 AM on July 30, 2012
In that case, wouldn't it be Thorsdad?
posted by HuronBob at 5:26 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 5:26 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
If you give me that little spotty cat at 0:32, I'll fix the laser typo. (Okay, fixed it. We're on the honor system here; please send cat now tx.)
posted by taz at 5:41 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by taz at 5:41 AM on July 30, 2012
I wonder if this is what we look like to aliens while we chase after money.
posted by eurypteris at 5:56 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by eurypteris at 5:56 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
When you film a bunch of excited cats from the ceiling, they look like furry tadpoles.
posted by maudlin at 6:02 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by maudlin at 6:02 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
Cool but how did they get the cats to hang onto the wall like that?
posted by Gronk at 6:04 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by Gronk at 6:04 AM on July 30, 2012
Do they have special goggles for animals? Tiny little cat goggles?
From what I can find via quick search, there is not a big danger. You'd have to shine a strong laser directly into the cat's eye for several seconds to do damage, which doesn't happen during this kind of play. Also the laser in the video seems to be diffused into a larger spot which would remove the danger entirely. For total safety at home just use a flashlight.
posted by beagle at 6:33 AM on July 30, 2012
From what I can find via quick search, there is not a big danger. You'd have to shine a strong laser directly into the cat's eye for several seconds to do damage, which doesn't happen during this kind of play. Also the laser in the video seems to be diffused into a larger spot which would remove the danger entirely. For total safety at home just use a flashlight.
posted by beagle at 6:33 AM on July 30, 2012
My cat is scared of the laser pointer, which is a first for me. She's very sweet and shy but it's kinda pathetic, honestly. She is more interested in easy targets like socks and has epic battles whenever she finds them.
posted by krinklyfig at 6:49 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by krinklyfig at 6:49 AM on July 30, 2012
Laser pointers are generally class 2 or class 2M - they cannot put out enough energy to damage a retina unless the blink reflex is somehow compromised (alcohol, drugs, some diseases etc.) or if focused through artificial lenses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_safety
The animals should be fine unless the filmers are using industrial lasers for some insane reason. I'd be more worried about cat headaches and accidents involving running full-pelt into a wall, but I'm not a pet-owner so I don't know how likely that is.
posted by YAMWAK at 7:00 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_safety
The animals should be fine unless the filmers are using industrial lasers for some insane reason. I'd be more worried about cat headaches and accidents involving running full-pelt into a wall, but I'm not a pet-owner so I don't know how likely that is.
posted by YAMWAK at 7:00 AM on July 30, 2012 [1 favorite]
I've never seen a cat figure out that the tiny, red, circular mouse it is chasing has anything to do with the boring human thing I am holding.
I have. Two out of my three kitties have figured out the game. They love chasing the little dot anyway, although every so often they stop and stare at me to make completely sure I know that they know what's going on.
posted by talitha_kumi at 7:07 AM on July 30, 2012
I have. Two out of my three kitties have figured out the game. They love chasing the little dot anyway, although every so often they stop and stare at me to make completely sure I know that they know what's going on.
posted by talitha_kumi at 7:07 AM on July 30, 2012
Mine know the deal, too. They're actually bored with it.
posted by desjardins at 7:19 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by desjardins at 7:19 AM on July 30, 2012
We have a cat that has not only figured out where the red dot is coming from, he knows where we store it. Of course he's also the one we make dizzy by spinning him in a tight little circle.
posted by jgaiser at 7:24 AM on July 30, 2012
posted by jgaiser at 7:24 AM on July 30, 2012
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