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tinyE: I just got a new laser pointer for my cat and it has a setting for a UV light.
Anyone know why?

Do cats see, react, to UV light differently?
The lenses of cat eyes (and the eyes of other small mammals) apparently have some UV-transparency, according to this 2014 article. But you could just test it and see if he/she chases the laser spot (if that is what it's for).
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tinyE: I just got a new laser pointer for my cat and it has a setting for a UV light.
Anyone know why?

Do cats see, react, to UV light differently?
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StarChan: The lenses of cat eyes (and the eyes of other small mammals) apparently have some UV-transparency, according to this 2014 article. But you could just test it and see if he/she chases the laser spot (if that is what it's for).
he chases the laser dot.
the UV light really isn't a dot though, it more of an actual light, like a flashlight.
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tinyE: I just got a new laser pointer for my cat and it has a setting for a UV light.
Anyone know why?

Do cats see, react, to UV light differently?
UV lights can be used to reveal UV reactive elements, such as in currency, identification documents, a rave shirt or bodily fluids (cat or otherwise).
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tinyE: I just got a new laser pointer for my cat and it has a setting for a UV light.
Anyone know why?

Do cats see, react, to UV light differently?
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Serren: UV lights can be used to reveal UV reactive elements, such as in currency, identification documents, a rave shirt or bodily fluids (cat or otherwise).
XD That could be useful. Find out where the little bastard has be pissing! :P
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tinyE: I just got a new laser pointer for my cat and it has a setting for a UV light.
Anyone know why?

Do cats see, react, to UV light differently?
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Serren: UV lights can be used to reveal UV reactive elements, such as in currency, identification documents, a rave shirt or bodily fluids (cat or otherwise).
UV light can also be used to locate scorpions, as they glow under UV light.
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StarChan: The lenses of cat eyes (and the eyes of other small mammals) apparently have some UV-transparency, according to this 2014 article. But you could just test it and see if he/she chases the laser spot (if that is what it's for).
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tinyE: he chases the laser dot.
the UV light really isn't a dot though, it more of an actual light, like a flashlight.
Then it's probably for you, rather than the cat, so you can spot urine stains.

Cat urine stains, to be specific :p
Post edited May 29, 2019 by StarChan
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Serren: UV lights can be used to reveal UV reactive elements, such as in currency, identification documents, a rave shirt or bodily fluids (cat or otherwise).
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TARFU: UV light can also be used to locate scorpions, as they glow under UV light.
Good, because Lake Superior is notorious for all of it's scorpions. :P

Even in the winter, every two feet: a fucking scorpion!
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TARFU: UV light can also be used to locate scorpions, as they glow under UV light.
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tinyE: Good, because Lake Superior is notorious for all of it's scorpions. :P

Even in the winter, every two feet: a fucking scorpion!
Well, scorpions can be frozen solid, encased in ice and then thawed out and come to life. They can also live underwater for 2 days. Check youtube.
Does anyone know how long No-Doz has been around.

Bob Dylan mentions them in a song he wrote in 1965 and for some reason that kind of threw me.
can fish drown?
In some languages (including English), certain words (verbs in English, for example) conjugate based off whether they refer to jost one or to more than one. Which form do you use when referring to less than one (whether a fraction, zero, or a negative amount), or if the quantity isn't a real number?

In some languages (not including English), certain words conjugate based off gender. It is sommon for the rule to be to use the masculine form unless it's an all female group. If you are referring to an empty group, which form should you use? (There's also the question what form to use if you're talking about a mixed group of women and non-binary people, with no men in it.)

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Fairfox: can fish drown?
A quick google search reveals that fish can, indeed, drown if their water doesn't have enough oxygen.

(There's also the case of a fish out of the water, but that's another story.)

Edit: fix -> fish (Yes, only just now (nearly a month after posting) did I notice that mistake.)
Post edited June 30, 2019 by dtgreene
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dtgreene: A quick google search reveals that fix can, indeed, drown if their water doesn't have enough oxygen.

(There's also the case of a fish out of the water, but that's another story.)
rippy poor drowned fishies.

its like humans dying from oxygen. mind. BLOWN :/
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Any Bible scholars here?
Nothing faith oriented, I'm looking for some timeline information.

I just had a guest check in, and when I told them my cat's name was Ramesses, she said "Oh from the Bible."
I said, "Well, I learned about him in history class."
She replied, "And your history teachers got it from the Bible."

This is where I need a little help.

My cat is named after Ramesses the Great, which as I have always understood it, is assumed to be the pharaoh from Exodus. If he is, wouldn't it stand to reason that while Ranesses is in The Bible, he's not from The Bible, because he existed before it was written.
Post edited June 28, 2019 by tinyE
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tinyE: snip
My cat is named after Ramesses the Great, which as I have always understood it, is assumed to be the pharaoh from Exodus. If he is, wouldn't it stand to reason that while Ranesses is in The Bible, he's not from The Bible, because he existed before it was written.
I am no scholar, but according to wiki and britanica Ramesses II(aka Ramesses the Great) reigned 1279 BC - 1213 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramses-II-king-of-Egypt

and this website says
"Although he is regularly associated with the pharaoh from the biblical Book of Exodus there is no historical or archaeological evidence for this whatsoever."
https://www.ancient.eu/Ramesses_II/
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tinyE: snip
My cat is named after Ramesses the Great, which as I have always understood it, is assumed to be the pharaoh from Exodus. If he is, wouldn't it stand to reason that while Ranesses is in The Bible, he's not from The Bible, because he existed before it was written.
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gogdaisuki: I am no scholar, but according to wiki and britanica Ramesses II(aka Ramesses the Great) reigned 1279 BC - 1213 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramses-II-king-of-Egypt

and this website says
"Although he is regularly associated with the pharaoh from the biblical Book of Exodus there is no historical or archaeological evidence for this whatsoever."
https://www.ancient.eu/Ramesses_II/
Thanks for the links. :D