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Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, study says 研究称猫有近300种面部表情

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Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, study says 研究称猫有近300种面部表情

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Did you know cats have nearly 300 facial expressions? Meowser! What?!

你知道吗，猫有近300种面部表情？喵噻！这么多？！

And they also have some expressions in common with us humans, which they may have picked up from their 10,000 year history living with us.

而且猫的有些表情与我们人类的表情是相同的，这可能是它们在与我们相处的一万年过程中习得的。

Researchers in the US have been investigating the different types of facial expressions cats used to communicate with each other by filming them. The team recorded 276 unique different facial expressions from the cats they studied. By comparison, chimpanzees have about 357 different facial expressions.

美国的研究人员一直在通过拍摄猫的举动来研究它们相互交流时的各种面部表情。他们录到了276种各不相同的面部表情。作为参考，相比之下黑猩猩大约有357种面部表情。

Each of the cats' expressions are made up of a mix of 4 out of 26 unique facial movements. Things like: open mouths, wide or small pupils, blinks, nose licks, whisker movements and ear positions. Of the recorded facial expressions, around 45% were thought to be friendly and 37% were more aggressive or angry. The leftover 18%? An unclear mixture.

猫的每一种表情都是由26个独特的面部动作中的4个组合而成。这些面部动作包括：张嘴、瞳孔变大或缩小、眨眼、舔鼻子、胡须动作和耳朵的转动。在这些被录下的面部表情中，大约45%被认为是友好的，37%是比较有攻击性或愤怒的。而剩下的18%则是情绪混杂的不明表情。

Researchers hope these findings could help pet owners and animal shelters to care for and understand cats better.

研究人员希望这个研究发现可以帮助宠物主人以及动物收容所更好地照顾和理解猫。

Have you ever wondered what your cat's facial expression means?

你有没有想过你家猫的面部表情是什么意思？