'Puppy Dog Eyes' May Have Evolved Just to Make Humans Melt - And It's Working
狗的“無(wú)辜眼神”可能是為了萌化人類才進(jìn)化出來(lái)的，顯然這招很奏效

You know how when your dog wants something, she makes that face? You know the one - all beseeching, with eyes that seem to positively quiver with longing? You'd give her anything, right?
你知道你的狗狗想要某個(gè)東西時(shí)是故意做出那種表情的嗎？你知道那種閃耀著渴望的乞求的眼神嗎？她要什么你都愿意給，對(duì)吧？

It turns out that our response to canine looks of longing or love may be the very reason dogs can make them.
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)我們對(duì)犬類這種渴求或愛(ài)的眼神的回應(yīng)可能導(dǎo)致狗狗有那種眼神。

New research has found that the facial muscles involved in making these expressions can only be found in dogs, not wolves - suggesting our furry best friends evolved the ability specifically to communicate with humans.
新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)做這種表情牽動(dòng)的面部肌肉只有狗狗有，狼就沒(méi)有，這就表明我們的毛茸茸的好朋友專門為了跟人類溝通而進(jìn)化出了這種能力。

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"The findings suggest that expressive eyebrows in dogs may be a result of human unconscious preferences that influenced selection during domestication," said behavioural psychologist Juliane Kaminski of the University of Portsmouth.
樸茨茅斯大學(xué)的行為心理學(xué)家Juliane Kaminski說(shuō)：“研究結(jié)果表明人類馴化狗狗時(shí)無(wú)意識(shí)的選擇偏好導(dǎo)致狗狗有了富有表情的眉毛?！?/div>

"When dogs make the movement, it seems to elicit a strong desire in humans to look after them. This would give dogs that move their eyebrows more, a selection advantage over others and reinforce the 'puppy dog eyes' trait for future generations."
“狗狗做出這種表情時(shí)會(huì)激起人類強(qiáng)烈的照顧它們的欲望，這就促使狗狗更多地抖動(dòng)眉毛，這也成為了一種選擇優(yōu)勢(shì)，使這種‘撒嬌眼神’成為了遺傳給后代的特征。”

Previously, Kaminski and her team have demonstrated that dogs do actually make facial expressions as a means of communicating with humans, by studying their behaviour when a human was facing towards them, compared to facing away.
此前Kaminski和她的團(tuán)隊(duì)證實(shí)了狗狗的確會(huì)把面部表情作為和人類溝通的一種工具，他們研究了人面向狗狗和面向別處時(shí)狗狗的行為。

The team found that dogs used facial expressions far more when the human was looking at them.
這個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)人看著狗狗時(shí)它們的面部表情更多。

翻譯：菲菲