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This four-legged friend comes in a variety of colors and coat lengths, has long whiskers and sometimes mischievous motives.
这种四条腿的朋友，颜色和皮毛长度各式各样，并且有着长长的胡须，有时会尝试恶作剧。
Does this sound like your pet?
这个描述听起来是不是很像你的宠物？
My guess is, it's a cat!
我猜说的就是猫！
Humans and domestic cats have developed close relationships over many years.
人类和家猫的亲密关系已经发展了许多年。
The history of house cats dates back 12,000 years ago in the Middle East.
家猫的历史可以追溯到12000年前的中东。
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，这也使得猫咪成为了最受欢迎的宠物之一！
Over time, these loveable felines have made cat lovers believe they're truly out of this world!
随着时间的推移，这些可爱的猫咪让爱猫人士相信它们真的太棒了！
And literally, they've made a leap for mankind, with the first cat blasting off into outer space in 1963.
随着1963年第一只猫咪被发射到外太空，它们为人类迈出了一大步。
Cats' amazing feats don't just stop there.
而猫咪的惊人壮举还不止于此。
Towser the Mouser, the famous mouse champion, caught almost 30,000 mice in her lifetime!
著名的捕鼠冠军“老鼠终结者”在她的一生中捕获了近30000只老鼠！
There's even a statue dedicated to her in Scotland.
在苏格兰甚至有一座她的雕像。
These cute companions share a special bond with their human friends.
这些可爱的伙伴和它们的人类朋友有着特殊的关系。
So much that cats think of us, as bigger versions of themselves.
以至于猫咪会认为我们就是它们的放大版。
Unlike dogs who immediately change their behavior when they see us, cats tend to treat people like their fellow felines,
和狗狗看到我们就会立即改变行为不同的是，猫咪倾向于像对待自己的同伴一样对待人类，
propping their tails up, rubbing against our legs and lying beside us,
翘起尾巴，摩擦我们的腿，躺在我们身边。
These cuddle buddies' favorite past time is sleeping. Cats can sleep up to 20 hours a day!
这些人类的亲密伙伴，最喜欢的时光就是睡觉时间。猫一天可以睡20个小时！
Resting so much that a nine-year-old cat would have been awake for only three years of its life!
休息时间如此之久，也使得一只九岁的猫，其一生中只有三年的时间是醒着的！
These cute cat-nappers may sleep their days away, but they always make time to show their human friends just how loveable and loyal they are.
这些可爱的爱睡觉的猫咪，可能会在睡梦中度过自己的一天，但它们也总是会抽出时间向它们的人类朋友展示自己是多么的可爱和忠诚。
