Congratulations and well done to our two new SRH Scientists of the Week for correctly answering the question – “Why do cats’ eyes glow in the dark?”
The answer to the question is that they don’t actually glow. There is a layer at the back of the eye called the tapetum, which is made up of reflective fibres. This reflects the light so well and stands out from the black retina that the eye appears to glow. Cats can see with only 1/6th of the illumination needed for human eyes.
They both built a fantastic model to show how it works and we were able to use this in assembly to explain the answer to the rest of the school. Super work!
This week’s question is “Can it rain fish?”
