喵星人有多凶？看毛色便知道

　　When broken down, the study also found black and white cats were particularly aggressive when handled, grey-and-white cats during a trip to the vet and calico females in everyday contact with humans.

　　具体来说，研究还发现黑白毛猫受到抚摸时攻击性尤其强，灰白毛猫在看兽医师时特别不安，而雌性三花猫与人接触的每一天都异常好斗。

　　It concluded that the ideal pet is a black, grey, white or tabby cat.

　　该研究总结出黑猫、灰猫、白猫和虎斑猫才是最理想的宠物猫。

　　The study comes a month after researchers at the University of Lincoln found cats, unlike dogs, do not need humans to feel protected.

　　此项研究是在林肯大学研究人员公布其结果一个月后得出的。此前，林肯大学的研究人员发现，猫不像狗那样需要从人那里获得安全感。

　　In particular, they found cats don't suffer from separation anxiety and any noise they make when their owner leaves is more likely to be out of boredom or frustration.

　　特别是他们发现猫在主人离开时并不会产生分离焦虑症，而它们制造的噪音也更可能是出于无聊和失望的原因。

　　Vocabulary

　　tortoiseshell：（毛色为黄褐黑白相间的）家猫

　　moggie：[英国俚语]猫

　　particoloured：杂色的

　　boredom：厌倦

　　英文来源：每日邮报

　　译者：BUPT许楠楠