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Former Member
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I bow down to the inventors, never in a million years would I have thought of this!
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sec...5443036&RS=PN/5443036 |
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That's a worry.
I might owe Mssrs. Amiss and Abbott some royalties. Then again, using a penlight torch or a mirror might not count...  Cheers  |
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The use of "invisible light" is of particular fascination..... maybe some entrepreneurial type could place a similar patent for a far more useful visible light..... perhaps even nominating a range of wavelengths which can be used.
Rob |
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so, do cats need excercise ?
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Sekerob
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Finally......... the Cat is out of the bag
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David Autumns
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LOL
----------------------------------------We have 5 of them they sleep all day because they are out all night. Did you ever see a cat that needed exercise ??? The Spaniel well that's another thing  Intrigued as to how the invisible light becomes visible when impinging on an opaque surface Are you sure it wasn't filed on April 1st?  |
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Sekerob
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hmmmm from what i'm reading, your cats have been missing at least one mouse in the house ;>)
----------------------------------------Do cats see light frequencies we dont see? ciao
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Do cats see light frequencies we dont see? A lot of animals see in the near-UV. There are a lot of camouflage markings that we don't notice. Mammals have curiously defective color vision. Not only do we not see near-UV, but most mammals only have 2 types of color cones, responding best to red and blue. We primates are privileged to have 3 types, responding to red, green and blue. We call the more usual ?dichromatism? color blindness and there is a popular misconception that cats and dogs only see in black and white because they are 'color-blind'.I must be feeling didactic today!  Lawrence |
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I must be feeling didactic today! Lawrence I never feel that way.  BTW  The word in that sentence would be "didactical".  Got it!  Robby PS I also hate to brown nose. Butt that was another great post. I usually learn something from you when you put the Finger at your Keyboard. |
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LOL, yap that is pretty amusing.
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