評論
打印
13 I dream bigger if I'm a large dog.
大狗做夢更大。
Little dogs have shorter, more frequent dreams than big dogs. You can see it happening if you watch dogs sleep:
小狗與大狗相比做夢更短，更頻繁。看狗睡覺時你就可以發現。
"When they start to dream, their breathing becomes irregular and you can see their eyes moving back and forth under their closed lids," Coren says.
科倫說，“當狗開始做夢時，他們的呼吸變得不規則，你可以看到它們的眼睛在緊閉的眼皮下來回移動。”
A pug might have five or six one-minute dreams every 90 minutes, but a Saint Bernard is more likely to have a four-minute dream every 45 minutes.
一只哈巴狗每九十分鐘可能會做五六個一分鐘的夢，但是一只圣伯納德狗更可能每45分鐘做一個4分鐘的夢。
Researchers know because they can scan dogs' brains just as they can ours.
研究人員知道，因為他們可以掃描狗類的大腦，就像他們掃描人類的大腦一樣。
14 I can detect cancer. Several studies have shown that dogs can detect whether a person has certain types of cancer,
狗可以偵測癌癥。幾個研究表明，狗可以偵測一個人是否患有某種癌癥，
including breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian, prostate, and skin cancer. How? By sniffing a person's breath, urine, or blood.
包括包括乳腺癌、結腸癌、肺癌、卵巢癌、前列腺癌和皮膚癌。如何做到的？通過聞一個人的呼吸、尿液或血液。
Given a dog's acute sense of smell, scientists think canines can pick up on volatile organic compounds that cancer cells give off.
鑒于狗狗敏銳的嗅覺，科學家們認為，犬科動物可以聞到癌細胞釋放的揮發性有機物。
Unfortunately, dogs have not proved to be reliable diagnosticians; they get bored and lose interest in sniffing samples after a short while.
不幸的是，狗還沒有被證明是可靠的診斷專家；聞樣本時，過一會兒他們就會感到無聊，失去興趣。
Now we turn to cat. 15 I'm not sure whether you're a cat or a human.
現在我們來說說貓。我不確定你是一只貓或者一個人。
While dogs play with humans differently than they do with fellow canines, cats don't adjust their social behavior much for us.
盡管狗和人類相處的方式與他們的同類不同，但是貓不怎么會為人類調整他們的社會行為。
"Putting their tails up in the air, rubbing around our legs, and sitting beside us and grooming us are exactly what cats do to each other,"
貓會把尾巴豎起來，在我們的腿上蹭來蹭去，坐在我們身邊給我們梳洗，這就是貓對待彼此的方式。”
John Bradshaw, a University of Bristol anthrozoologist and the author of Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, told National Geographic.
布里斯托爾大學的人類動物學家、《貓的常識：新的貓科動物科學如何讓你成為寵物更好的朋友》的作者約翰·布拉德肖告訴《國家地理》雜志。
16 I like spending time with you. They don't always show it, but cats like us— they really, really like us.
我喜歡和你待在一塊。他們并不總是會表現出來，但是貓喜歡我們，他們真的很喜歡我們。
"Cats can be incredibly social," Udell says.
尤德爾說，“貓的社交能力非常強。”
"In fact, in recent tests of cat preferences, the majority of pet and shelter cats preferred human interaction over toys, food, and even catnip."
“實際上，最近的有關貓的偏好的實驗發現，相比于玩具，食物，甚至是貓薄荷，大多數的寵物和收容貓更喜歡和人類互動。
17 And I don't like being ignored.
我不喜歡被忽略。
"Cats will more frequently approach and play with a person who is attentive to them compared to a person who is ignoring them,"
“相比忽略貓的人們，貓會更經常靠近關心它們的人，和這些人玩耍。”
says Kristyn Vitale, PhD, a researcher in the Human-Animal Interaction Lab at Oregon State University.
俄勒岡州立大學人與動物互動實驗室的研究員克里斯廷·瓦伊塔爾博士說。
Then again, she says, sometimes cats want to be left alone.
她還說，有時貓想要自己待著。
Vitale says if a cat is showing signs of aggression (dilated pupils, a fast-twitching tail, fur standing on end, hissing, or growling), just walk away.
瓦伊塔爾說，如果一只貓表現出攻擊的跡象(瞳孔放大、尾巴快速抽動、毛發豎起、發出嘶嘶聲或咆哮)，那就走開。
"It's better to end the interaction before an incident occurs that may lead to a strain in the relationship," she says.
她說，“當沖突發生之前，最好是結束互動，否則可能會導致關系緊張。”
18 Yes, I'm talking to you. Bradshaw says the feral cats he's studied rarely meow.
是的，我在和你說話。布拉德肖說，他研究的野貓很少喵喵叫。
Domesticated cats, on the other hand, meow all the time—to get the attention of humans.
另一方面，家養的貓則經常叫-為了得到人類的注意。
