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A cats charity is raising money for one of its felines to have gender reassignment surgery, after vets realised that it was both male and female.
有一家英國貓咪慈善機構正在籌款，目的是為一只喵星人做性別手術，因為他們發現這只喵星人既是雌性又是雄性的。
The unusual feline, named Angel by volunteers at Friends of the Cats' Accrington branch, is ahermaphrodite.
這只不同尋常的貓咪雌雄同體，貓咪之友阿克林頓分部的志愿者給它起了名字：安格爾。
Andy Richards, founder of the charity, which fosters stray and feral cats until new homes can be found, said he has never seen anything like it.
安迪·理查德是貓咪之友該分部的創建者，該慈善機構收養流浪貓和野貓，為它們找到新的家庭。安迪說自己以前從來沒看到過類似情況。
Angel, thought to be around three years old, came to the charity when a friend of Andy's called him to say that a cat had walked into the One Stop Shop on Blackburn Road and refused to leave.
據推測，喵星人安格爾現在大概3歲。安迪的朋友給他打電話，說有一只貓咪走進了布萊克本大街的一站式商店，久久不肯離去。后來這只貓咪才(被送)到了貓咪之友。
Andy, 54, explained: 'Customers kept putting her out but every time the automatic doors opened Angel came back in and sat down.'
54歲的安迪解釋說：“每次人們把它趕出去，它都會在自動門開了的時候走回來(坐)蹲在那兒不走。”
When Andy went to pick the cat up, he was confused that he was unable to establish its gender.
當安迪把貓咪接回來的時候，他發現自己搞不清貓咪的性別。
He said: 'I thought I was just being stupid. On taking Angel for a vet check, the vet informed me, after a long examination, that Angel is both male and female.'
他說：“一開始我還以為是自己太笨了認不出它的性別。但當我把貓咪帶到獸醫那兒去檢查的時候，獸醫告訴我經過仔細的檢查，發現貓咪安格爾既是雄性的又是雌性的。”
Hermaphroditism is caused by a genetic mutation and happens when insufficient testosterone means a foetus' testes do not develop properly, and it grows ovaries.
雌雄同體多由基因突變引起，因睪丸素不足引發。當睪丸素不足的時候，貓咪胚胎的睪丸就不能正常發育，進而長出卵巢。
Little white and tabby Angel now has to undergo treatment to assign a gender, as hermaphrodite cats can have health problems. The operation will cost around ￡1,000, which Friends of the Cats will have to raise.
白色帶有斑紋的小安格爾，不得不接受手術來確認性別，因為雌雄同體的貓咪可能會出現健康問題。手術需要大概1000英鎊，手術費將由貓咪之友籌集。
