Because they are predators, cats can exhibit a singular attention span towards anything that comes within their field of view. Doesn’t mean they’re going to attack, but they do pay careful attention. Joan likes to track activity around her, no matter where she is. She loves to lie on this towel I leave for the cats on the kitchen table and keep an eye on the kitchen, out into the main part of the house, and even into part of the T.V. room and the back door to the screened in porch.

Joan was tracking my wife as she moved through the kitchen and then behind me, at which point Joan locked her tortie gaze upon me.