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DEEP DIVESMOB MENAGERIE: CAT
生物圈栏：猫
Minecraft’s most pawsome mob
MC 中最阔耐的生物
Did you know that you don’t need to get blown up by creepers all the time? Strange, but true. There’s a secret weapon you could be employing against those hissy green nuisances. It’s furry, it’s friendly, and it’ll frequently drop rotten flesh at your feet. It’s our mob of the month – the cat!
你知道有办法可以让你彻底摆脱苦力怕爆炸的困扰吗？这有些难以置信，但切实可行。有种秘密武器可以帮你对付这些嘶嘶作响的绿色玩意。它毛茸茸，亲切友善，还常常会把腐肉送到你脚边。它就是我们的本月生物——猫!
Given how beloved cats are to many people, it’s no surprise that they were added to Minecraft pretty early in the game’s development. It was version 1.2.1, to be precise, in March 2012 – which was so early we weren’t even naming the updates at that point yet. They arrived alongside iron golems, redstone lamps, and the jungle biome.
猫很早就被加入 Minecraft 中并不奇怪——想想人们有多喜欢它们吧。在 1.2.1 中，准确地说，在 2012 年 3 月——早到当时的更新甚至没有名字——它们就同铁傀儡、红石灯和丛林生物群系一起加入了游戏。
The timing of cats showing up at the same time as the jungle biome is no coincidence because originally you’d need to spend a while tracking down and taming a wild jungle cat – better known as an ocelot – to befriend one. Nowadays cats are a little more common. You’ll find them in well-populated villages, and also in swamp huts where they serve as a companion to lonely witches.
猫和丛林生物群系同时登场并非巧合，这是因为一开始你要费点工夫跟踪、驯服一只丛林野猫——更多地被称为豹猫——才能取得它的信任。现如今猫常见了一些。人口兴盛的村庄里有它们的踪迹，沼泽小屋里也能发现它们的身影——作为孤独的女巫们的伙伴。
There are a bunch of different cat breeds you can find in the game. The cat-alogue includes black cats, British shorthairs, calico, Jellie, Persian, ragdoll, red, Siamese, tabby, tuxedo, and white cats. The tuxedo cat is based on lead designer Jeb’s pet cat Newton, who went to cat heaven in 2014, while the Jellie cat is based on a cat named Jellie belonging to YouTuber GoodTimesWithScar .
在游戏里，猫的品种十分丰富。猫的家族包括黑猫，英国短毛猫，花猫，Jellie，波斯猫，布偶猫，红虎斑猫，暹罗猫，虎斑猫，西服猫和白猫。西服猫的原型已在 2014 年去了天堂，它是首席创意设计官 Jeb 的宠物猫 Newton；Jellie 的原型则是油管主 GoodTimesWithScar 的同样名为 Jellie 的猫。
To tame a stray cat, you’ll need to slowly approach it while holding something tasty – raw cod or salmon usually does the trick. Feed the fish to the cat and a collar will appear around its neck, indicating that it was successfully tamed. Once tamed, you can hit the use key to make it sit in place – or let it follow you around, getting in the way of what you’re trying to do, but scaring off creepers and phantoms, who are terrified by these furry critters.
要想驯服一只流浪猫，你得慢慢接近它并拿着些好吃的——常用的是生鳕鱼或鲑鱼。用鱼喂猫之后，它们的脖子上会出现一条项圈——这表明它已被成功驯服。一旦被驯服，你可以按使用键来让它原地坐下或是跟在你身边。它们会碍事，但同时也会吓跑害怕这些毛茸茸的生物的苦力怕和幻翼。
Oh, and there’s one more thing. Cats like to hunt in the night, so when you sleep there’s a chance that your cat will bring you a little gift. Forewarning: these gifts tend to be bits of dead animals.
对了，还有一点。猫喜欢在夜晚活动，所以当你熟睡时你的猫可能会送你一个小礼物。事先警告一下：这些“礼物”往往是动物尸体的残片。
Image credit: David Corby // CC BY-SA 3.0
图片来源： David Corby // 知识共享 署名-相同方式共享 3.0
In the real world, cats are thought to have been domesticated in the Eastern Mediterranean around 7500 BC – and today they’re one of the most commonly-found mammals on the planet, with a global population of more than half a billion. They happily exist almost everywhere - in forests, grasslands, tundra, coasts, farmland, scrubland, urban areas, mountains and wetlands.
现实中，人们认为早在公元前 7500 年前后猫就已被地中海东岸的人们驯化——如今它们已成为地球上最常见的哺乳动物之一，总数多于 5 亿。它们快乐地生活着，几乎无处不在——包括森林、草原、冻原、海滨、耕地、灌木丛林地、都市区、山脉和湿地。
While that’s nice for cat-lovers, it’s a huge problem for wildlife – due to cats’ natural hunting instinct, feral and domestic kitties kill tens of billions of birds and animals each year. In most countries, in fact, cats are the leading cause of bird deaths. In Australia alone, cats have driven at least 20 native mammals to extinction, and they’ve also been confirmed as the cause of the extinction of at least 33 other native species on islands throughout the world (this is likely to be a huge underestimate).
这虽然对爱猫人士是个好消息，但对野生动物们却不怎么样——由于猫的狩猎本能，每年都有数百亿的鸟和其他动物命丧野猫、家猫之口。事实上，在大部分国家里，猫都是鸟类的主要死因。仅在澳大利亚，猫就已导致了至少 20 种当地哺乳动物的灭绝；在全球各地的岛屿上，它们也已被证实至少导致了 33 种当地物种灭绝（这个数字可能被大大低估了）。
So while your cute lil kitty cat might be your loving companion and the source of countless smiles and snuggles, it's important to remember its wilder instincts, which cause big problems for other animals. It's up to us, as responsible owners, to take care of them and take steps to make sure they can't harm birds and other wildlife.
所以，你的小猫也许是你可爱的伴侣，是你欢笑的源泉、依偎的对象，但也别忘了它的野性以及其对其它动物的危害。我们作为主人应对它们负责，在好好照顾它们的同时以行动阻止它们对鸟类和其他野生动物的伤害。
【透明色 译自官网 2023 年 08 月 18 日发布的 Cat；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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DEEP DIVESMOB MENAGERIE: CAT
生物圈栏：猫
Minecraft’s most pawsome mob
MC 中最阔耐的生物
Did you know that you don’t need to get blown up by creepers all the time? Strange, but true. There’s a secret weapon you could be employing against those hissy green nuisances. It’s furry, it’s friendly, and it’ll frequently drop rotten flesh at your feet. It’s our mob of the month – the cat!
你知道有办法可以让你彻底摆脱苦力怕爆炸的困扰吗？这有些难以置信，但切实可行。有种秘密武器可以帮你对付这些嘶嘶作响的绿色玩意。它毛茸茸，亲切友善，还常常会把腐肉送到你脚边。它就是我们的本月生物——猫!
Given how beloved cats are to many people, it’s no surprise that they were added to Minecraft pretty early in the game’s development. It was version 1.2.1, to be precise, in March 2012 – which was so early we weren’t even naming the updates at that point yet. They arrived alongside iron golems, redstone lamps, and the jungle biome.
猫很早就被加入 Minecraft 中并不奇怪——想想人们有多喜欢它们吧。在 1.2.1 中，准确地说，在 2012 年 3 月——早到当时的更新甚至没有名字——它们就同铁傀儡、红石灯和丛林生物群系一起加入了游戏。
The timing of cats showing up at the same time as the jungle biome is no coincidence because originally you’d need to spend a while tracking down and taming a wild jungle cat – better known as an ocelot – to befriend one. Nowadays cats are a little more common. You’ll find them in well-populated villages, and also in swamp huts where they serve as a companion to lonely witches.
猫和丛林生物群系同时登场并非巧合，这是因为一开始你要费点工夫跟踪、驯服一只丛林野猫——更多地被称为豹猫——才能取得它的信任。现如今猫常见了一些。人口兴盛的村庄里有它们的踪迹，沼泽小屋里也能发现它们的身影——作为孤独的女巫们的伙伴。
There are a bunch of different cat breeds you can find in the game. The cat-alogue includes black cats, British shorthairs, calico, Jellie, Persian, ragdoll, red, Siamese, tabby, tuxedo, and white cats. The tuxedo cat is based on lead designer Jeb’s pet cat Newton, who went to cat heaven in 2014, while the Jellie cat is based on a cat named Jellie belonging to YouTuber GoodTimesWithScar .
在游戏里，猫的品种十分丰富。猫的家族包括黑猫，英国短毛猫，花猫，Jellie，波斯猫，布偶猫，红虎斑猫，暹罗猫，虎斑猫，西服猫和白猫。西服猫的原型已在 2014 年去了天堂，它是首席创意设计官 Jeb 的宠物猫 Newton；Jellie 的原型则是油管主 GoodTimesWithScar 的同样名为 Jellie 的猫。
To tame a stray cat, you’ll need to slowly approach it while holding something tasty – raw cod or salmon usually does the trick. Feed the fish to the cat and a collar will appear around its neck, indicating that it was successfully tamed. Once tamed, you can hit the use key to make it sit in place – or let it follow you around, getting in the way of what you’re trying to do, but scaring off creepers and phantoms, who are terrified by these furry critters.
要想驯服一只流浪猫，你得慢慢接近它并拿着些好吃的——常用的是生鳕鱼或鲑鱼。用鱼喂猫之后，它们的脖子上会出现一条项圈——这表明它已被成功驯服。一旦被驯服，你可以按使用键来让它原地坐下或是跟在你身边。它们会碍事，但同时也会吓跑害怕这些毛茸茸的生物的苦力怕和幻翼。
Oh, and there’s one more thing. Cats like to hunt in the night, so when you sleep there’s a chance that your cat will bring you a little gift. Forewarning: these gifts tend to be bits of dead animals.
对了，还有一点。猫喜欢在夜晚活动，所以当你熟睡时你的猫可能会送你一个小礼物。事先警告一下：这些“礼物”往往是动物尸体的残片。
Image credit: David Corby // CC BY-SA 3.0
图片来源： David Corby // 知识共享 署名-相同方式共享 3.0
In the real world, cats are thought to have been domesticated in the Eastern Mediterranean around 7500 BC – and today they’re one of the most commonly-found mammals on the planet, with a global population of more than half a billion. They happily exist almost everywhere - in forests, grasslands, tundra, coasts, farmland, scrubland, urban areas, mountains and wetlands.
现实中，人们认为早在公元前 7500 年前后猫就已被地中海东岸的人们驯化——如今它们已成为地球上最常见的哺乳动物之一，总数多于 5 亿。它们快乐地生活着，几乎无处不在——包括森林、草原、冻原、海滨、耕地、灌木丛林地、都市区、山脉和湿地。
While that’s nice for cat-lovers, it’s a huge problem for wildlife – due to cats’ natural hunting instinct, feral and domestic kitties kill tens of billions of birds and animals each year. In most countries, in fact, cats are the leading cause of bird deaths. In Australia alone, cats have driven at least 20 native mammals to extinction, and they’ve also been confirmed as the cause of the extinction of at least 33 other native species on islands throughout the world (this is likely to be a huge underestimate).
这虽然对爱猫人士是个好消息，但对野生动物们却不怎么样——由于猫的狩猎本能，每年都有数百亿的鸟和其他动物命丧野猫、家猫之口。事实上，在大部分国家里，猫都是鸟类的主要死因。仅在澳大利亚，猫就已导致了至少 20 种当地哺乳动物的灭绝；在全球各地的岛屿上，它们也已被证实至少导致了 33 种当地物种灭绝（这个数字可能被大大低估了）。
So while your cute lil kitty cat might be your loving companion and the source of countless smiles and snuggles, it's important to remember its wilder instincts, which cause big problems for other animals. It's up to us, as responsible owners, to take care of them and take steps to make sure they can't harm birds and other wildlife.
所以，你的小猫也许是你可爱的伴侣，是你欢笑的源泉、依偎的对象，但也别忘了它的野性以及其对其它动物的危害。我们作为主人应对它们负责，在好好照顾它们的同时以行动阻止它们对鸟类和其他野生动物的伤害。
【透明色 译自官网 2023 年 08 月 18 日发布的 Cat；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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