Humans and domestic cats have developed close relationships over many years.

多年来，人类和家猫已经发展了亲密的关系。

Domestic cats that live or go outside kill lots of wild animals.

在外生活或外出的家猫会杀死许多野生动物。

And they were remarkably similar in size and appearance to today's domestic cats.

它们的大小和外观与今天的家猫非常相似。

But we're right at the cusp of that, in sort of the domestic cat's evolution.

但我们对整个趋势的看法是对的，猫猫在人类驯服中发生的演变。

The psychology of domestic cats is still something of a mystery, despite our overwhelming familiarity with the critters.

虽然我们非常熟悉小动物，但家猫的心理仍是一个未解之谜。

In a recent experiment, Japanese researchers taped 30 domestic cats reacting to a container that a team member shook.

在一项最近的实验中，日本的研究者将 30 只家养猫对团队工作人员摇晃容器的反应进行了记录。

A Savannah cat is a cross breed between the domestic cat and a medium-sized wild African cat called the Serval.

萨凡纳猫是由家猫和一种被称为薮猫的中等体型的非洲野生猫杂交的品种。

Today, there are now 500 million domestic cats in the world making cats one of the most popular pets!

今天，世界上有5亿只家猫，使猫成为最受欢迎的宠物之一！

Researchers now estimate that each year, domestic cats kill billions of birds and mammals in the United States alone.

据研究人员估计，每年被家猫杀死的鸟类和哺乳动物仅在美国就多达数十亿。

This was the first convincing evidence to support the " domestic cats eat pests that eat grain" hypothesis.

这是第一个确凿的证据，支持" 猫捕捉吃粮食的老鼠而成为家猫" 这一理论。

Some media reports may have misinformed people that the institute is calling for wild and domestic cats to be killed.

一些媒体报道可能误导了人们，让他们认为该研究所呼吁捕杀野猫和家猫。

But a new study indicates domestic cats do recognize their own names—even if they walk away when they hear them.

但一项新的研究表明，家猫确实能认出自己的名字 —— 即使他们听到名字不理会的走开了。

Revered for their ability to dispatch venomous snakes, catch birds, and kill rats, domestic cats became important to Egyptian religious culture.

因为它们能赶走毒蛇、捕捉鸟类、杀死老鼠，因而备受尊敬，家猫成为埃及宗教文化的重要组成部分。

Your eyes, also, if you look at this cat, will back this evidence up because they look a lot like domestic cats.

用你的眼睛去好好看看这只猫，作为证据，这只猫跟家猫长得太像了。

The Arctic fox is about the same size as a large domestic cat, but its thick coat makes it look much bigger.

北极狐和大个的家猫差不多大，不过厚厚的外衣把它显得大很多。

So, why have domestic cats retained this trait?

那么，为什么家猫保留了这种特性呢？

They're probably around twice the size of our average domestic cat.

它们的体型可能是我们普通家猫的两倍左右。

Domestic cats do appear to respond to the expressions on people's faces.

家猫似乎确实会对人们脸上的表情做出反应。

And they were remarkably similar in size and appearance to today’s domestic cats.

它们的体型和外观与今天的家猫非常相似。

Solarz described the growing scientific belief that domestic cats harm biodiversity.

索拉兹描述了越来越多的科学信念，即家猫损害生物多样性。