i call fake

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Notice they keep saying near-darkness. Put this kid in a pitch dark room and he ain't seeing squat. His eyes may collect more light than usual but they aren't emitting anything. Cats eyes don't emit anything, they just reflect.

Smells like bullshit from china to here.

Either it's just drivel or rest of chinese have uncommonly poor low-light vision and they think he's somehow special when he's just normal

Drivel of the highest order. How exactly would having CATS EYES eyes benefit the kid? Firstly, if his eyes are reflective then he's going to see LESS. Secondly (ignoring that) if this reflection of light causes the room to light up and allow him to see better, then it would be the same for everyone present.

He could only see in the dark if his eyes are capable of seeing infra red..

Needs to have better scientific investigation to be taken seriously, but for those saying that having cats eyes wouldn't benefit his night vision, Google is your friend:

"Cats also have a reflective layer of cells behind the retina called the tapetum lucidum. This layer recycles any light not absorbed by the retina by reflecting it back for a second pass. The tapetum is responsible for the nighttime 'glowing eyes' effect because some of the ingoing light doesn’t get absorbed even after two passes through the retina."
http://www.scienceiq.com/Facts/CatEyesight.cfm

Eye color can have an effect on vision sensitivity .. he still can't see infrared. Not so remarkable really.

Moving this video to truth-is-the-nemesis's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

Strange. I disagree with most of these comments. Is it not possible that this boy has a mutation in the genes that control the formation of the tapetum lucidum? If this were the case, then he may be able to perform tasks in lower levels of light than most people.

I want proof with my own tests!

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/02/02/does-a-chinese-boy-really-have-cat-eyes-that-see-in-the-dark/

http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2115-china-cat-eyed-boy-night-vision.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum