• Question: why do cats eyes glow and reflect when you take a picture ?

    Asked by cookie monster to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob, Stu on 17 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      Cats eyes glow because the back of their eyeballs include a special reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum. This helps them to see better in the dark by collecting and reflecting the light to magnify it. When we see their eyes glow, what we are really seeing is the light reflecting off this layer.

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