Cats have a more sensitive sense of hearing than dogs, because dogs generally have a hearing range of 15-50,000 Hz, while cats’ are at 60-65,000 Hz, so relatively speaking, cats have a wider range of sound perception. The reason why the cat’s hearing is so developed depends mainly on its hunting style. Cats rely more on ambush for attacks, so each ear has 32 separate muscles that enable 180-degree detection in all directions, just like radar, and can hear sounds from further away. Cats, compared to dogs, have more flexible ears and can even use both ears to identify sounds emitted in different directions at the same time, and can basically make accurate judgments regardless of distance, although cats’ hearing also decreases with age. Generally at the age of 3-4 years the sensitivity to sound decreases, but they are still able to perceive the tiny vibrations around them through the large number of tactile organs at the pads of their feet as a way to determine if the situation around them is dangerous.
