Like, the compound in catnip that cats love so much?

比如说，猫最喜欢猫里面含有化合物？

It rubs up against the catnip, rolls in it, and paws it.

它会在猫上摩擦，打滚，然后用爪子抓。

The effects of catnip can be strong enough that some cats even hallucinate.

猫影响可能非常强大，有些猫甚至会产生幻觉。

Mandy the Duck is catnip for the quackarazzi photographers who are always training their lenses on him.

" 鸭子Mandy" 是狗仔队摄影师最爱，这些摄影师们总是把镜头对准他。

More recent studies have shown that catnip isn't just a feel good flower.

最近研究表明，猫不仅仅是一种让猫猫感觉很好花。

" Smell, " answered Betty, as she dangled them under her uncle's nose. " Catnip mice, " he chuckled.

“你闻闻，”贝蒂一边回答，一边把它们放到叔叔鼻子下面摇晃，“猫草做老鼠，”他笑着说。

OK, so that's what catnip is.

好，这就是猫。

When cats react to catnip, they're really reacting to an organic molecule released by the plant known as nepetalactone.

当猫对猫起反时，实际上是在与植物荆芥内酯释放有机分子起反。

But not every cat does respond to catnip.

但是，并不是每只猫都会对猫产生反。

In fact, the oils from the catnip plant are about 10 times more effective than our bug spray.

事实上，来自猫植物油比我们杀虫剂有效约 10 倍。

After that, catnip will have no effect on the cats for anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours.

之后，猫在三十分钟到几小时内都不会对猫产生任何影响。

Nepeta cataria or catnip is a fairly common plant that grows in the wild most places around the world.

猫是一种相当常见植物，世界上大部分野生地区都有它影子。

It's also probably why kittens don't usually respond to catnip until they're sexually mature, when they're around six months old.

这也可能是为什么小猫大约在六个月大性成熟之前通常不会对猫产生反原因。

Either way, the catnip plant seems to keep revealing new ways it was tailor made to give cats exactly what they need.

无论哪种方式，猫植物似乎不断告诉我们它是为猫量身定制，是它们所需要东西。

The last one helps explain why cats exposed to catnip will often roll on the ground like a female cat in heat.

最后一个有助于解释为什么暴露于猫猫通常会像雌猫一样在地上滚来滚去。

" In fact, in recent tests of cat preferences, the majority of pet and shelter cats preferred human interaction over toys, food, and even catnip."

“实际上，最近有关猫偏好实验发现，相比于玩具，食物，甚至是猫，大多数宠物和收容猫更喜欢和人类互动。

Simon Chaudary of affiliate WXYC had some excellent question for the cat-didates like how they felt about cat burglars or if they've ever been caught with catnip.

WXYC公司西蒙·乔里达对猫猫候者们有一些很好问题，比如他们对猫窃贼是什么想法，或者他们是否被猫吸引。

The effects of catnip only lasts for a few minutes before the bliss wears off and cats get bored of the frisky flower and its sweet scent.

猫效果只会持续几分钟，之后这种幸福感就会消失，猫会厌倦这种活泼花及其甜美气味。

They'll first start sniffing the catnip, then lick and chew it, sometimes rubbing their cheeks and chin or even their whole body against the leaves.

它们首先开始嗅猫，然后舔它，有时将它们脸颊和下巴甚至整个身体都靠在叶子上。

That means when a cat starts sniffing catnip oils, it triggers a chemical reaction in their brain that makes them act weird, which can be pretty fun for the cat and their human.

这就意味着当猫开始闻猫油时，会在它们大脑中引发化反，使它们出现一些奇怪表现，这对猫和人类来说都非常有趣。