就像狗一样，猫也会和人建立起牢固的联系

Watch out, Rover — cats also have what it takes to be man’s best friend.

小心，流浪猫也是人类最好的朋友。

Scientists say they’ve finally proven that cats do get purr-sonal to their human owners, just like dogs — they’re just often too aloof to show it.

科学家们表示，他们终于证明，猫确实会向它们的主人发出呼噜声，就像狗一样——它们只是太过冷漠，不愿表现出来。

The team from Oregon State University was amazed so little research had been done on how cats bond with humans, reporting that people have been “underestimating cats’ socio-cognitive abilities.”

来自俄勒冈州立大学的研究小组对猫与人类之间的关系的研究如此之少感到惊讶，报告称人们“低估了猫的社会认知能力”。

Using the university’s specialized Human-Animal Interaction Lab, the scientists put more than 100 felines through tests to see how strongly they were attached to humans after short absences.

通过该大学专门的人与动物互动实验室，科学家们对100多只猫进行了测试，看看它们在短暂离开后对人类的依恋程度。

The tests showed that the cats “share social traits once attributed to dogs and humans,” according to the study published in Cell Press.

根据发表在《细胞出版社》上的一项研究，测试显示，这些猫“具有与狗和人类相同的社会特征”。

“Like dogs, cats display social flexibility in regard to their attachments with humans,” study author Kristyn Vitale said, according to Science Daily.

据《科学日报》报道，该研究的作者Kristyn Vitale说:“和狗一样，猫在与人交往时也表现出了社交灵活性。”

“The majority of cats are securely attached to their owner and use them as a source of security in a novel environment.”

“大多数猫咪都很安全地依附于它们的主人，并在一个新的环境中把它们作为安全的来源。”

People have “biased” ideas on cats, however, because a minority of them are insecure and tend to run and hide or act aloof, Vitale said.

维塔莱说，人们对猫有“偏见”，因为其中有少数猫缺乏安全感，倾向于逃跑、躲藏或表现得冷漠。

“But the majority of cats use their owner as a source of security. Your cat is depending on you to feel secure when they are stressed out,” she said.

“但大多数猫把它们的主人当作安全的来源。你的猫在压力大的时候会依靠你来获得安全感。”