Elon Musk's AI assistant Grok boasted that the billionaire had the "potential to drink piss better than any human in history," among other absurd claims.
Is that really true, or am I experiencing a swoosh? I am lifelong skwrl watcher, and they do amazing acrobatic stuff that would require great eyesight, and depth perception, like leaping from branch to branch, etc.
I used to have a cat that loved to chase the skwrls, and they loved to be chased. You could see them peaking over their shoulder as she snuck up on them, and the instant she’d pounce, they’d be gone like lightning. It was obvious they could see really well.
A quick search shows that squirrels have quite good vision at short to medium distances (up to ~10m) during daylight, with a wide field of view (common in prey animals) and excellent depth perception. Their colour vision isn’t up to human standards, however, and their night vision isn’t that great. So yeah, they’d have a clear concept of the distance and direction to the next tree branch or a nearby cat as long as the light was good.
I guess every once in a while, even Grok spews out some truth.
A broken clock is right twice a day. A blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.
Squirrels have poor eyesight. Almost blind.
Is that really true, or am I experiencing a swoosh? I am lifelong skwrl watcher, and they do amazing acrobatic stuff that would require great eyesight, and depth perception, like leaping from branch to branch, etc.
I used to have a cat that loved to chase the skwrls, and they loved to be chased. You could see them peaking over their shoulder as she snuck up on them, and the instant she’d pounce, they’d be gone like lightning. It was obvious they could see really well.
A quick search shows that squirrels have quite good vision at short to medium distances (up to ~10m) during daylight, with a wide field of view (common in prey animals) and excellent depth perception. Their colour vision isn’t up to human standards, however, and their night vision isn’t that great. So yeah, they’d have a clear concept of the distance and direction to the next tree branch or a nearby cat as long as the light was good.