A young owl can be tamed easily, but this one is too old to tame.

一只幼小的猫头鹰可以很容易驯化，但这只已经老得无法驯化了。”

This means they are probably the oldest domesticated animals on the planet.

这意们可能是地球上最早被驯化的动物。

So, in a way, cats did domesticate themselves.

所以在某种程度上，喵星人是驯化了自身。

As domestication has progressed over the years, cats are becoming more sociable and love being with their human companions.

随驯化的发展，猫变得越来越善于交际，越来越喜欢人类的陪伴。

The truth is, the British have largely succeeded in domesticating Catholicism and privatising Protestantism so they both appear equally harmless.

事实真相是，英国人很大程度上已经功驯化了天主教和新教，所以两者能够和平共处。

Researchers don't know exactly when or why dogs became domesticated as man's best friend.

研究人员还不清楚狗是在什么时候或者为什么会被驯化为人类最好的朋友。

In fact, as we domesticated animals, their appearances tended to change too.

事实上，随我们对动物的驯化，们的外于改变。

Well, they changed wolves into dogs, rivers into lakes, and us into wood.

他们把狼驯化了狗，让江河变湖泊，把我们变木材。

But in modern times, numbers of grazing animals have declined sharply because of extinction, when a species of animal – the dinosaurs for example – no longer exist, and domestication, when wild animals are controlled by humans to work or for food.

但在现代，由于灭绝（例如恐龙等物种已不复存在）和驯化（野生动物被人类控制以用于劳作或食用），食草动物的数量急剧减少。

Well, it might be hard to think of an insect as domesticated.

嗯，可能很难想象昆虫是被驯化的。

And how to detain them so they wouldn't bite the painter?

人们是怎样驯化这些松鼠不去咬画家的？

A rugged people, and through soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good.

用温和的步骤 驯化他们，使他们为有用的良民。

Trousers spread only after horses were domesticated, as an innovation for riding.

裤子是在马被驯化之后才开始流行的，是为了骑马而发明的。

In fact, they will turn on people, including handlers who have raised them from babies.

事实上，们会攻击人，包括把们从小养到大的们的驯化者。

But did domestication and the evolutionary split happen at the same time?

但是人类将犬驯化及分化究竟是不是同时发生的?

Researchers were interested in understanding how domestication affected canine behavior.

研究人员非常想了解驯化对犬类行为的影响。

All of this helps to underscore just how recently cat domestication took place.

所有这些都有助于强调猫的驯化是最近发生的。

The sugarcane plant was first domesticated around 8000 BC.

甘蔗植物在公元前 8000 年左右首次被驯化。

The grass is one of the oldest domesticated plants in the world.

这种草是世界上最古老的被驯化的植物之一。

That's why he decided to try kangaroos, which were never domesticated.

这就是为什么他决定尝试用从未驯化过的袋鼠做研究的原因。