你喜欢猫吗?为什么?( 下)
Do you like cats? Why?
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Do you like cats? Why?
你喜欢猫吗?为什么?
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约瑟夫·卡尔·艾伦，我做动物爱好者和学者已经50多年了。
My father hated cats. He had grown up on a farm and the big barn cats always scratched him when he tried to pick them up. As a good son, I hated cats too. We were “dog people”. When I was 23, I bought an old farmhouse with a major problem. My girlfriend said, “Get a cat!” I replied with all the standard “dog person” prejudices against cats and tried every other possibility before finally getting a cat. The problem was gone within a few months. So my first reason for loving cats is:
这是一个棘手的问题，尤其是考虑到“爱”这个词没有实际的定义。“不过，我确实喜欢我的猫，所以我来试试（回答这个问题）。
我父亲讨厌猫。他是在一个农场长大的，当他试图去接那些待在大谷仓里的猫时，它们总是抓着他。作为一个好儿子，我也讨厌猫。我们是“汪星人”。当我23岁的时候，我买了一个老农舍，面对一个很大的问题：我女朋友说：“养只猫！我回答了所有标准的“汪星人”对猫的偏见，并尝试了其他所有的可能性，（但）最后还是得到了一只猫。这个问题在几个月内就解决了。所以我喜欢猫的第一个原因是：
I know that love and utility are not usually put together, but why not? Love is not just subjective. I was finally able to sleep because the squirrels and rats were not having all-night parties in my attic（it's all thanks to the cat）.
The little hunter became a big hunter and began to grow on me. Soon he was sharing the bed with my girlfriend, my Golden Retriever and me. This brings me to reason 2:
它们很有用。
我知道爱和实用通常不会放在一起，但为什么不能放一起呢？爱不仅仅是主观的。因为松鼠和老鼠再也没有在我的阁楼上开通宵派对，所以我终于可以睡觉了（而这些全得益于猫）。
小猎手变成了大猎手并开始在我怀里慢慢长大。很快它就和我、我的女朋友、我的金毛猎犬同床共枕了。这让我想到第二个原因：
They cuddle differently than dogs, but they do love human (and dog) contact. I have a picture of a very jet-lagged and exhausted me in bed with a 64 Kg Landseer and 2 cats cuddled as close as they could get. When I can't sleep, one of my cats always cuddles next to me and starts to purr. I pet its luxurious fur and fall asleep instantly.
I had quickly become a cat-lover and kept getting more. I discovered that:
猫喜欢拥抱。
它们拥抱不同于狗，但它们喜欢和人类或者和狗进行接触。我有一张照片，当时的我正倒着非常大的时差，精疲力尽地躺在床上，和一只64公斤重的兰西尔犬还有两只猫紧紧地抱在一起。当我睡不着的时候，我的一只猫总是被抱在我旁边，开始时咕噜咕噜地叫。当我抚摸着它舒服的皮毛，立刻就睡着了。
很快我就成了一个爱猫的人，并且越来越爱。于是我发现：
The word “person”-ality is misleading. We love to anthropomorphize our pets, but cats really have “cat”-alities. Many people consider cats to be unpredictable. Cat to cat they are, but any given cat has a clearly defined set of personal traits and behaviors. I have had roughly 40 cats in my life and no 2 were even vaguely similar. Dogs have personalities too, but they vary in a much smaller window. A mother cat and 2 of her babies lived with us for 12 years. The 3 could not have been more different although they grew up under the same conditions.
猫有非常不同的个性。
“人”这个词是有误导性的。我们喜欢把宠物拟人化，但猫确实有猫的特性。
许多人认为猫是不可预测的。猫对猫是这样的，但任何一只猫都有一套明确定义的一系列个 体特征和行为。我这辈子养过大约40只猫，其中有两只甚至有点相似。狗也有不同的个性，但它们的变化时间范围要小得多。一只母猫和她的两个孩子和我们一起生活了12年。这三只猫虽然在相同的条件下长大，但却截然不同。
There is a saying in German that roughly translated says, “Dogs have masters and cats have employees.” This is, of course, anthropomorphism and cat lovers hate it when I say this, but there is truth here. Research has shown that cats have become domesticated because they consider humans to be part of their territory. You are their “property”. Wild cats also have a complex social system that helped them integrate into the human community. All the same they were never really domesticated like dogs or horses. They are with us because they “want” to be. That wildness puts some people off, but I “love” it.
猫属于你。德语中有句俗语，大致翻译过来就是：“狗有其主，猫有其仆。”
当然，这是拟人化的说法，爱猫的人讨厌我这样说，但这句话是事实。研究表明，猫之所以被驯化，是因为它们认为人类是它们领地的一部分。你是它们的“财产”。野猫也有一个复杂的社会系统，帮助他们融入人类社会。尽管如此，但它们从未像狗或马那样被驯养过。它们和我们在一起是因为它们“想”在一起。那种野性让一些人反感，但我“喜欢”这种野性。
My cats and dog always got along extremely well, but if one of my cats got in a tussle with a neighbor dog, I always put my money on the cat. My current cat has lived on 4 continents and thus hates cages. She is tiny and skinny so you would think that an 85-Kg man could easily get her into a cage to go to the vet. She bloodies me seriously every time and 50% of the attempts fail. She is usually too smart to trick. Her name is “Kuscheljägerin” (Cuddle Huntress) and she has brought home rabbits that weighed more than she does. That first cat I mentioned (Hobie) used to bring home live rattlesnakes. That would have been okay, except that he loved to twirl them around and throw them into the air. Watch out for flying rattlesnakes!
猫不吃任何动物的粪便。我的猫和狗总是相处得非常好，但如果我的一只猫和邻居的狗发生了争斗，我总是会把我的钱花在猫身上。我现在的猫已经在4个大洲生活过了，所以它讨厌笼子。它又小又瘦，所以你会认为一个85公斤重的男人可以轻易地把它放进笼子里去看兽医。（但）它每次都狠狠地揍我一顿，而我多半尝试都失败了。它通常很聪明，不会耍花招。它的名字是“Kuscheljägerin”(抱抱女猎手)，它带回家的兔子比它自己还重。我提到的第一只猫(霍比)经常把活的响尾蛇带回家。这倒也没什么，只是它喜欢把它们旋转起来，然后抛向空中。当心飞来飞去的响尾蛇!
Given the popularity of cat videos on the web, this needs little explanation. Laughter brings joy.
7.Cats are super-athletes.
They are able to leap tall kitchen cabinets in a single bound. They are faster than a speeding mouse Evolution has made them into the perfect hunter.
8.Cats are vocal
Cats have 10 times the vocalizations that dogs have and all are vocal. About every 3rd cat is a “talker” and every 10th is a “storyteller”. Kuscheljägerin talks (actually complains) to us constantly, but she used to tell stories to our now deceased Landseer. It was hilarious to watch this tiny kitty “telling stories” to a 64 Kg dog. The dog´s nose was bigger than the cat. The dog seemed to understand and often looked at me and did the dog equivalent of rolling her eyes. Cats do not possess a language in the human sense, but they can definitely make themselves understood.
猫看起来很滑稽。
鉴于网上关于猫的视频非常流行，这一点就不需要解释了。笑声带来欢乐。
猫是超级运动员。
它们能一跃跳过高高的橱柜。它们比快速奔跑的老鼠还快。进化让它们成为完美的猎手。
猫是可以说话的。
猫的发声能力是狗的10倍，而且声音都很嘹亮。大约每三只猫（其中有一只）是“说话者”，每十只猫（其中有一只）是“讲故事者”。Kuscheljägerin经常和我们交谈（实际上是抱怨），但它过去常常给我们现在死去的探长讲故事。看着这只小猫向一只64公斤重的狗“讲故事”真是太好笑了。狗的鼻子比猫大。但那只狗似乎明白了，于是看着我，做了一件相当于翻白眼的动作。猫不具备人类所能理解的语言，但是它们自己绝对可以理解。
Barbara Powrie, Observations of people after teaching for over 50 years
I’ve always loved cats from childhood however my father didn’t want the cat in the house . My mother and I used to sneak him in the house but it was an outdoor cat.
we never took the cat to the vet cause we were poor and we were ignorant.
when I was on my own someone said I won a door prize .The door prize was a Siamese cat .
This cat and I bonded immediately.
i personally think the cat was starving for attention and I was so flattered to think a cat could love me so much.
long story short, the cat eventually died of leukemia.
we (my husband and I) let the cat be indoor and outdoor which is probably why she got sick.
Since then I did not have any pets because I was a single parent with a stressful job.
I knew better than to take on more responsibility than I could imagine.
还有一部分是爱，5000年来一些最优秀的人一直试图解释它，至少我就是这么做的。
芭芭拉·鲍瑞，执教50年后开始观察人们。
我从小就喜欢猫，但是我父亲不想让猫呆在家里。过去我和我妈妈常把它偷偷带到屋里，但那是只户外猫。
我们从不带猫去看兽医，因为我们贫穷又无知。
当我独自一人生活的时候，有人说我赢得了一等奖。一等奖是一只暹罗猫。
这只猫很快就和我相依为命了。
我自认为这只猫渴望得到关注，（所以）想到有一只猫能如此爱我，我真是受宠若惊。
长话短说，这只猫最终死于白血病。
我们（我和丈夫）让猫在室内和室外随意走动，可能这就是她生病的原因。
从那以后，我没有养宠物，因为我是一个单亲家庭，工作压力很大。
我知道我不能承担比我想象的更多的责任。
i said a Siamese cat.
well guess what my Xmas present was.
i was furious at first because I thought we were just having a hypothetical conversation.
it did not take long for me to fall in love with this cat.
im now an old lady who has 4 indoor cats and 4 outdoor cats and a colony of feral cats in my front yard.
the outdoor backyard cats have a very comfortable porch for winters and cold weather.
My biggest concern now is should I predecease my cats what will happen to them.
I’m 72. My indoor cats will be cared for by my daughter but the semi social backyard cats are gonna be hard to surrender.
My older friends have stopped owning pets but I haven’t learned my lesson.
I do know I will not take in anymore cats because it is a lot of work caring for them and that’s not including vet bills.
p.s. I should add that there is a person who pays for spay and neuter fees for the feral cats and ships me free food every two weeks.
I could not afford this if it were not for her generosity.
一天，我女儿（她16岁）问我：“如果你能养宠物，你会养什么？”
我说的是暹罗猫。
然后猜猜我的圣诞礼物是什么。
一开始我很生气，因为我以为我们只是在进行假设的谈话。
但没过多久我就爱上了这只猫。
我现在是一个有着4只室内猫、4只室外猫以及一群在我前院的野猫的老太太。
室外后院的猫在冬天寒冷的天气里都有一个非常舒适的门廊可以待。
我现在最担心的是我是否应该在我的猫死之前告诉它们会发生什么。
我72岁了。我的室内猫将由我女儿照顾，但那些有野性的后院猫将很难驯服。
我的老朋友已经不再养宠物了，但我还没有吸取教训（反而继续养着宠物）。
我知道我不会再养猫了，因为照顾它们需要很多工作，这还不包括兽医账单。
但我要补充的是，有一个人支付了野猫的猫杂费和绝育手术费，并且每两周都给我送来免费的猫粮。
要不是她的慷慨，我支付不起这些。
My cat is a little boy Russian Blue about 8 months old that we rescued from a shelter after he was found abandoned in the street with his brothers and sisters. I had never had a cat before. In fact, I hated cats. But my grandpa had recently died and he loved cats, so I wanted one to name it after him. Thus, Milton.
Milton is a unique cat. For the past 6 months, he has been raised by 2 dogs. He chases after anything that moves, cuddles with you, and has a great personality.
When I wake up in the morning and walk past him, he’ll get up on his hind legs and lightly try to pounce on me. When I walk by the bar and he’s laying on it, he’ll pat me on the arm. When I’m sitting on the couch and my long hair is over the side, he’ll grab it and bite on it. He lives to harass me, but it’s just so stinkin’ cute!
I’v never met a cat with so much attitude. When we yell “MILTON!” because he knocked something over, he answers with a big “meow” as if he were saying “what?!”. We always joke that he talks back to us.
Perhaps my favorite thing he does, that I just noticed recently, was making these cute little chirping noises before he tries to pounce on a fly.
Everything this little guy does makes me smile and brings me great joy and that is why this once a cat hater, now loves her cat!
凯莉娜·甘纳威，是一名内科医生，有抱负的医学博士，动物爱好者
我的猫是一只8个月大的俄罗斯蓝猫，是一只公猫，它和它的兄弟姐妹被发现遗弃在街上后，我们从收容所救出了它。
我以前从未养过猫。事实上，我讨厌猫。但是我爷爷最近去世了，他很喜欢猫，所以我想用他的名字来命名。因此，（它的名字是）弥尔顿。
弥尔顿是一只很独特的猫。 在过去的6个月中，它被2只狗抚养长大。 它追赶任何在动的东西，拥抱你，并且有着很棒的个性。
当我早上醒来从它身边走过时，它会用后腿站起来，然后轻轻地向我扑过来。当我走过吧台，它躺在吧台上时，它会拍拍我的胳膊。当我坐在沙发上的时候，我的长发散在一边，它会抓住我的头发并且咬住它。它活着是为了骚扰我，但它真的是太可爱了！
我从没见过一只这样态度的猫。当因为它打翻了一些东西时，我们就会说“弥尔顿！”，它就用一声“喵”来回答，好像在说“什么？！”，我们总是开玩笑说它对我们顶嘴。
我最近才注意到，也许它最喜欢做的事，就是在它试图扑向苍蝇之前发出的那些可爱的唧唧喳喳的声音。
这个小家伙做的每件事都能让我笑，给我带来了巨大的快乐，这就是为什么这个曾经讨厌猫的人，现在爱上了她的猫！
I love that they are care- free little ass holes. I have 9 of them, but I'll just share about 2. Maya and Bob.
I'm on a long car trip so this will give me something to do as I travel. That being said, please excuse my typos as I bump around the interstate in the passenger seat.
Maya is a fluffy seal point with blue eyes. She is colored just like Grumpy Cat. She is my favorite of the 9. I’ve had her since she was 2 weeks old. She was from a feral momma cat that died. Anyway, she is 11 years old now and VERY spoiled.
Maya is demanding. She bosses me around like a slave. As soon as she poops she finds me and meows until I remove the stinky from her box. If I take too long she takes something of mine and covers her poop with it. This obxt can be anything from a sock, piece of paper, underwear or one of my nice scarves — whatever she can find and drag to the box. It's very annoying and I'm not sure if she is trying to be clean or spiteful that Im taking too long to handle her demands.
If I'm in the shower she sits on the tub and meows until I get so annoyed I cut my shower short and cater to her needs. She must also drink from whatever cup I am drinking from, or the toilet. I have 2 Chihuahuas and she refuses to share their water bowl. I do not appreciate her drinking from my cup because she cleans her butt all day. I have to keep a book or my phone on my cup to deter her.
Athena Galaxy,讽刺地说，曾经就读于人生大学
我喜欢那些无忧无虑的小混蛋。我有9只宠物，但我只分享2只。玛雅和鲍勃。
我坐长途汽车旅行，这让我在旅行途中有一些事情做。话虽如此，但请原谅我的错别字，因为我刚刚在州际公路上撞在了旁边乘客座位上。
玛雅像一只毛茸茸的海豹，眼睛是蓝色的。它看起来像只脾气暴躁的猫。它是我9只猫中最喜欢的一只。在它2周大的时候我就有了它。是一只已经死去的野猫妈妈生的它。但不管怎样，它现在11岁了，并且被我宠坏了。
玛雅要求很高。它像个老板一样奴役我。它一大便就找到我，发出喵喵的叫声，直到我把它盒子里的臭味去掉。如果我花的时间太长，它就会拿走我的东西，去盖住它的大便。这个物体可以是任何它能找到并拖到盒子里的东西，从袜子、一张纸、内衣再到我的一条漂亮的围巾。这很烦人，我不确定它是想保持干净还是恶意而为，就因为我花了太长时间去处理它的要求。
如果我在洗澡，它会坐在浴缸里喵喵叫，一直叫到我很生气，然后我就会缩短淋浴时间，去满足它的需要。我有两个吉娃娃，但它不用它们的水碗。我不喜欢它喝我杯子里的水，因为它整天用舌头擦屁股。所以我不得不在杯子里放一本书或一部手机来吓唬它。
My cat Bob was a feral tom cat I trapped and fixed. He is a very rough and mean looking cat, the sort you would imagine living in a junk yard. He has become a very lovable but spoiled guy since hes was trapped and fixed. He's a very large short haired orange cat. He weighed 16 pounds the last time I weighed him and he's very strong. He sticks his paws under the door when he is hungry and has worked off part of the door paneling with his paw! I told my husband the door was warping from the weather when he noticed it. That's a total lie. It's Bob. 3 years ago this cat was barely 4 pounds, afraid of people, half starved . Now he's too fat, spoiled and demanding like the others!
它也会流口水。当我睡着的时候，它会坐在我胸前，然后在我脸上流口水。当你醒来并且意识到它在你身上的时候，一滴口水就落在你嘴里了。天哪！这根本就不是一个很好的醒来方式。
我的猫鲍勃是一只野猫，我把它留在身边并且用笼子养它。它是一只很粗野、很刻薄的猫，你可以想象得到它住在垃圾场里。自从它被我养在笼子里并且被照顾好了之后，它变成了一只非常可爱却被宠坏的猫。它是一只非常大的橙色短毛猫。上次我称它的时候它16磅重，它很强壮。它饿的时候会把爪子伸到门底下，用爪子刨掉门板的一部分！我告诉我丈夫，当他注意到门的时候，门是因为天气的原因而翘起来了。但那完全是个谎言。这就是鲍勃。3年前，这只猫只有4磅重，怕人，几乎快要饿死了。而现在它真的太胖了，被我宠坏了，并且还像其他人一样要求很高！
I just came across something I wrote about our two cats, now in kitty heaven, which explains why I love, not like, cats.
Why Cats Rule Cat People
Cats can pretty much walk in and out of an owner’s life at will, depending on their mood. Cats have an uncanny ability to know how to control cat people and get what they want.
贝西·怀斯，耶稣写作网站的基督教博客作者及创始人
我刚刚看到了我写的关于我们两只猫的东西，它们现在在猫咪的天堂，这就解释了为什么我爱猫，而不是仅仅只是喜欢猫。
为什么猫可以指使喵星人？
猫几乎可以随意进出主人的生活，这取决于它们的心情。猫有一种不可思议的能力，它们知道如何掌控住喵星人，从而得到它们想要的东西。
Granted, there is a full range of cat personalities. Our two cats, Mr. Kitty and Little Kitty (yeah, I know as cat people we could improve on choosing names) are completely different.Little Kitty is nonchalant about affection until we say her name – then she literally falls at our feet. Cat people love attention.
猫想爱谁就爱谁。
不错，猫的性格是多种多样的。我们的两只猫，凯蒂先生和小凯蒂（是的，我知道作为养猫的人，我们可以在选择名字上有所改进）是完全不同的。小凯蒂对感情漠不关心，直到我们说出她的名字，然后她就真的倒在了我们的脚下。爱猫的人喜欢被关注。
Both cats have a ritual about getting fed. Food can already be in the bowl for Mr. Kitty, yet he has this routine in order to be happy (I know it’s the repetition that’s driving him). As a cat, he thinks feeding has to be done the same way each time. I go to the pantry, get the bag of food, walk to the door as I stumble over him, he rushes to the bowl waiting for me to pour the cat food, and then he dives in. Little Kitty just waits until someone feeds her. Cat people love seeing their animals happy.
猫喜欢觅食。
两只猫都有吃东西的习惯。凯蒂先生的碗里已经有食物了，但他却用觅食（偷）这种例行公事的方法来让自己开心（我知道是习惯驱使着它）。作为一只猫，它认为每次喂食都必须以同样的方式进行。我去食品储藏室，拿了一袋食物，走到门口，我绊倒了它，它冲到碗里等我倒猫食，然后潜入（食品储藏室）。而小凯蒂只是等着有人喂她。喵星人喜欢看到他们的动物高兴。
I moved Little Kitty’s bed to another room based on a furniture change. She was dazed for a couple of days until she figured out that the guest bedroom digs looked better. She has taken over the room. Mr. Kitty first has to sleep on our bed, then he crawls between the wall and the headboard for a really good sleep. These two really don’t change where they prefer to sleep. Cat people love to see contended cats.
猫喜欢睡在同一个地方。
我换了家具，把小猫的床搬到了另一个房间。它昏昏沉沉地睡了几天，然后发现客房的住所看起来更好。它现在已经接管了那个房间。凯蒂先生会先睡在我们的床上，然后爬到墙和床头板之间睡个好觉。这两只猫真的不会改变他们喜欢睡的地方。喵星人们喜欢看竞争激烈的猫。
Both of our cats prefer living outside since we are in a rural area but they like to come inside for part of the day. Mr. Kitty, the elder cat, trained himself when it came time for a whiz. If his cat people are sleeping, he pounces on our feet to wake us up. If that doesn’t work, he meows very loudly. Then he kind of grunts when his cat people get up in the middle of the night and open the door (like what is our problem). Mr. Kitty taught Little Kitty how to do this; however, she has more class and just sits at the door with a polite meow. As cat people, we never taught either one to do this.
猫可以被训练到户外去活动。
我们的两只猫都喜欢住在外面，因为我们在农村地区，但它们喜欢一天中的有一部分时间呆在家里面。凯蒂先生，那只年长的猫，一时兴起就训练自己。如果它的猫咪同伴在睡觉，它就会扑到我们的脚上叫醒我们。如果那不起作用，它就会大声喵喵叫。然后，当它的猫咪伙伴们半夜起来开门时，它就会发出咕噜声（就好像在说我们有什么问题吗）。凯蒂先生教小凯蒂怎么做，然而，她有更多的课程，比如坐在门口礼貌地喵喵叫。作为爱猫的人，我们从来没有教过任何一只猫这样做。
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Cats think they have superior intelligence and sometimes we think they do. Even though they are animals, they know more than we realize. I remember watching a true story on T.V. where a cat saved an infant’s life. The cat was in the room with the infant child and a baby monitor. The child stopped breathing, the cat knew it and started meowing very loudly into the monitor. The child’s life was saved.
Both of our cats walked onto our property and became ours or we became theirs. This love story continues as Mr. Kitty and Little Kitty rule their cat people.
I miss both cats very much. They kept us on our toes and made us laugh.
猫会看穿你。
猫认为它们有超群的智力，有时我们认为它们有。即使它们是动物，但它们知道的比我们意识到的要多。我记得在电视上看过一个真实的故事，一只猫救了一个婴儿的命。猫待在房间里，里面有一个小婴儿和一个婴儿监视器。孩子停止了呼吸，猫知道了，然后开始对着监视器大声喵喵叫。（于是）孩子的生命得救了。我们的两只猫都来到了我们的地盘上，变成了我们的（猫咪），或者说我们变成了它们（的主人）。凯蒂先生和小凯蒂统治着它们的猫族，这个爱情故事还在继续。
我非常想念我的这两只猫。它们让我们保持警惕，但是也会逗得我们大笑。