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猫在日常生活中能学会同伴猫的名字
Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives
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这篇发表于 Nature Scientific Reports 的研究探讨家猫在日常生活中能否记住同伴猫的名字。实验采用“名字-同伴照片”配对范式，发现部分猫在听到熟悉同伴的名字后会注视对应照片，表明它们可能通过日常观察学会了同伴的名字。
HN 关注点：猫能否理解人类语言和同伴名字是宠物主人普遍好奇的话题，而论文中“一只猫做完第一个实验就逃出房间爬到够不着的地方”等细节也引发 HN 读者会心一笑。
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这几条评论里：补充 1 亲历 3
亲历亲历：猫能学会特定指令词，但常选择性回应
我用几个词训练我的两只猫：“走”（早餐）、“上楼”（我要睡觉了）、“晚饭”（配合敲碗声）、“趴下”，以及它们的名字。喜欢待楼上的 Emerald 对“上楼”反应明显，一说就冲上楼；Jade 则始终神秘多疑，但想被摸肚子时会响应“趴下”。猫的魅力在于，你根本分不清它是“听不懂”还是“完全听懂了但打算无视你，直到它想理你为止”。
herodotus查看英文原文
I have tried to train my two cats with just these words: 1. "Let's go" - morning meal 2. "Upstairs" - I am going to bed 3. "Dinner" (plus clink bowls together) - evening meal 4. "Lie Down" and their names. Emerald, who prefers being upstairs, definitely responds to "Upstairs": she charges upstairs when I say it. Jade remains enigmatic and skeptical: that seems to be her nature. But if she is in the mood for a tummy rub, she will respond to "Lie Down". For me, the great charm of cats is that it is impossible to tell the difference between "No, I don't understand you." and "I understand you perfectly well, but I plan to ignore you completely until I feel like responding".
亲历亲历：猫之间有社交协作，叫声有不同含义
我养了两只猫，一只年轻的公猫（可能是猫群救助的）和一只很老的母猫。放它们出门后，我一喊进屋，年轻的会去找年老的并把她赶到门口，然后自己却强烈抗拒进屋。他很爱叫，而且语气会随情绪变化：是开心求摸，还是被我打扰了埋伏，或是不想进屋；另一只则完全无视我、我行我素。
t-3查看英文原文
I have two cats, a young male (perhaps not coincidentally, a colony rescue?) and a very elderly female. When I let them outside, if I call them to come in, the younger will find the older and herd her to the door. He then vigorously resists coming inside himself. He's also very vocal, and his tone of voice will change depending on whether he's happy to see me and wanting pets or if I'm ruining his stalking and spying or he doesn't want to come inside (the other just ignores me and does whatever she wants).
补充调侃：实验被猫逃跑打断，很符合猫的天性
论文分析部分写道：“有一只猫只完成了第一个实验就从房间里逃出去，爬到了够不着的地方。”我很喜欢这一段。
rcarmo查看英文原文
"Analysis: One cat completed only the first trial before escaping from the room and climbing out of reach." I quite enjoyed this bit.
亲历亲历：猫的智力个体差异大，聪明的能学会多个词
我养了两只猫，一只很聪明，会对自己的名字、“晚饭”、“跳上来”等词有反应，还能按要求去拿玩具，而且几乎不喵叫。另一只则不太聪明，你对它说话它只会喵喵回应，纯粹来回“对喊”，是我见过最聒噪的猫。我想说的是，猫的智力差异很大，有些确实很擅长学习名字。
idk1查看英文原文
I have two cats, one is quite clever and responds to her name, dinner, hop up (for it's ok if you want to sit on my lap) and a few other things. I can ask her to get one of her toys too if she wants the play. She also very rarely meows. The other cat is not so bright, if you ever say anything to him directly he'll only meow back and come over for a pat, that's it. It's just a back and forth screaming match if you talk to him. The chopsyest cat I've ever met. Just shouts at everyone and everything without purpose. I think what I'm trying to say is, cats have a range of intelligence and some of them are quite good at learning names.
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