The internet loves cats, but did you know the print on a cat's nose has a unique rigid pattern just like a fingerprint?
网友爱猫,但你知道猫鼻子上的印记就像指纹一样,有着独特的刚性图案吗?
Or that catnip really is like a drug for cats?
还有猫薄荷真的就像猫的毒品一样吗?
One of its volatile oils called Nepetalactone enters the cats' nasal tissue and acts like an artificial cat pheromone.
其中一种叫做荆芥内酯的挥发油进入猫的鼻组织,就像人造的猫荷尔蒙。
The sensory neurons are stimulated and ultimately trigger a behavioral and sexual response in the brain and body in around 80% of cats,
感觉神经元受到刺激并最终在大约 80% 的猫的大脑和身体中引发行为和性反应,
which must be nice, considering cats spend around 85% of their day doing absolutely nothing.
这其实蛮不错的,毕竟猫一天中大约 85% 的时间无所事事。
Drinking, eating, defecating and even mating only take up about 4% combined.
饮水、进食、排便甚至交配加起来只占 4% 左右的时间。
But when they are moving, they always seem to land on their feet.
但是当它们移动时,他们感觉都是用脚着地。
This is because of something called the "Righting Reflex".
这是因为一种叫做“翻正反射”的东西。
Not only do cats have very sensitive motion and gravity sensing abilities allowing them to determine which way is down, they also have an extremely flexible backbone and no collarbone.
猫不仅有非常灵敏的运动和重力感应能力,可以让它们确定哪条路是向下的,它们的脊椎也非常灵活,没有锁骨。
By bending in the middle and using fast twitch muscle fibers, they can whip around without ever changing their net angular momentum.
透过在身体中断弯曲并使用快肌纤维,它们可以在不改变其净角动量的情况下摆动。
And did you know that when a cat lifts its tail while being pet, it's really inviting you to smell its behind?
你知道吗,当一只猫在被抚摸的时候抬起它的尾巴,它其实是在邀请你去闻它的屁股吗?
Cats use scent to communicate and this exposes glands and pheromones holding their signature smell, a nice alternative to a hug or a handshake.
猫使用气味进行交流,这会散发出腺体和具有它们标志性气味的荷尔蒙,是代替拥抱或握手的方法。
They also rub up against you to spread these pheromones.
它们还会在你身上蹭来蹭去以传播这些荷尔蒙。
The glands on their face, tail and body, help them to claim you with their scent, while also leaving nearby cats signals about their identity, sexual availability and territory.
它们脸上、尾巴和身体上的腺体,帮助它们用气味来宣示拥有你,同时也留下让附近的猫知道关于它们的身份、可进行交配性和领地的信号。
On the other hand, cats bury their poop in an attempt to hide its smell.
另一方面,猫会把粪便埋起来,试图隐藏它的气味。
This evolutionary instinct is not only to avoid attracting predators but to show that they're submissive to a dominant cat in the wild.
这种进化本能不仅是为了避免吸引捕食者,而且是为了表明它们对野外占主导地位的猫很顺从。
In the case of your house, this is your cats way of recognizing you as dominant.
以房子内的环境而言,这就是你的猫认同你占主导地位的方式。
Also in complete darkness, cats can't actually see, though they can see much better than you and I in dim light.
还有在完全黑暗中,猫实际上是看不到东西的,尽管它们在昏暗的光线下比你我看得清楚得多。
Cats have a layer of cells behind the retina called the Tupetum Lucidum, which acts like a mirror reflecting extra light back at the retina.
猫的视网膜后面有一层细胞,称为“脉络膜层”,它就像一面镜子,将多余的光线反射回视网膜。
In near darkness, this gives their eyes a second chance to pick up more light, but without any light present, they can't see anymore than we can.
在近乎黑暗的情况下,这让它们的眼睛有第二次机会获得更多的光,但是没有任何光的情况下,它们跟我们一样看不到了。
And if you ever see a cat with three distinct colors, often called a Calico or Tortoiseshell cat, you can bet it's female.
如果你看过一只具有三种不同颜色的猫,通常被称为三色猫或玳瑁猫,很大机会是母猫。
The fur color gene is located on the "X" chromosome.
毛色基因位于 X 染色体上。
This means females can have two colors, in addition to white, because they have two "X" chromosomes.
这表示母猫除了白色之外还可以拥有两种颜色,因为它们有两条 X 染色体。
The male "Y" chromosome, on the other hand, does not have any color genes.
另一方面,公猫的 Y 染色体没有任何颜色基因。
As a result, males will generally only have one color along with white, though in rare genetic cases, it is possible for them to have more.
因此,虽然在罕见的遗传情况下,公猫确实可能有更多颜色,但它们通常只有一种颜色和白色。
Interestingly, we still don't really know why cats purr.
有趣的是,我们仍然不知道猫为什么会发出呼噜声。
In fact, cats purr both during pleasurable situations but also while they're in duress or injured.
事实上,猫在愉悦的情况下还有受到胁迫或受伤时都会发出呼噜声。
While many believe it's a means to communicate passivity or pleasure,
虽然许多人认为这是传达被动或快乐的一种方式,
one interesting theory suggests that the frequency that purrs occur at 24 - 140 Hz promotes healthy bone growth and healing.
一个有趣的理论表明,24至140赫兹的呼噜声频率可以促进骨骼健康的生长和愈合。
Because cats have adapted to a lifestyle with frequent rest and sleep, this may be a low energy mechanism to promote muscle and bone health.
因为猫已经适应了经常休息和睡眠的生活方式,这可能是一种促进肌肉和骨骼健康的低能量机制。
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