纪录片《猫的秘密》 第42期 驯服猫（在线收听）

This cat camaraderie is another example from the experiment

这些猫猫间的友情是实验中的另一个实例

to suggest that cats may be changing,

证明猫的行为可以被改变

evolving away from hunters to fit in better with us.

逐步从捕猎者演变为人类的宠物

As we're domesticating cats,

我们在驯服猫的过程中

we're retaining a lot more of

让他们保留了

what we call their juvenile characteristics.

我们称之为幼年特征的东西

So they purr a lot, they play a lot,

因此他们会呜呜叫 会玩耍

we see them needing behaviour.

会有依赖我们的表现

With our pet cats, if we are domesticating them

在饲养宠物猫时 如果我们驯服他们

and they are evolving, in a sense

他们发生进化 从某种意义上来说

that they are retaining lots of these characteristics,

他们会保留许多特征

they might be more likely

也许能让他们

- to get on with each other. - Yes.

-彼此间相处更融洽 -是的

But we're right at the cusp of that,

但我们对整个趋势的看法是对的

in sort of the domestic cat's evolution.

猫猫在人类驯服中发生的演变

If she's right, this sort of feline harmony

如果她是对的 那猫猫间和睦共处

could be a vision of the future,

可能是未来的一种形式

as cats evolve to please the hand that feeds them.

他们会取悦自己的主人