流言终结者（2003）

MythBusters S13E04

Part 2 Dec. 17, 2020, 12:55 p.m.

That was a little touch and go there in one spot.
刚才真的差一点就出意外了
It would seem that we have proven
看起来我们验证了
that driving cooperatively
两个人合作开车
is just as easy as driving by yourself,
跟一个人开车一样简单容易
at least with two experienced drivers.
至少对于两个经验丰富的司机来说如此
But I've got a wrinkle that I want to add to this test,
我想在这个测试中加点难度
And I'm gonna bring it up with Jamie.
然后跟杰米一起来测试
Yep, this stunt-driving dream
没错特技飞车梦
just got armed and dangerous.
要全副武装危险上路了
Yeah!
好耶
Well, you know how they say
大家都会说
that the worst things you can work with are babies and animals?
最糟糕的莫过于跟小孩和动物合作
Well, we're half-lucky!
我们运气有一半好
We get to work with animals!
我们要跟动物合作
We're gonna test all sorts of mythical animal deterrents.
测试各种能够驱赶动物的东西
Like what?
比方说
Well, remember when we did that myth
还记得我们做过一♥期♥
where we saw if a bag of water
测试能不能用一袋水
can repel flies off your front porch?
驱赶门廊前的苍蝇
Apparently bags of water attract flies.
显而易见水袋可以吸引苍蝇
Ever since then,
从那之后
the message board has been inundated with requests
信息平台上就充满了各种要求
for us to test different ways to repel animals
希望我们能验证不同的驱赶动物的办法
Like snakes, cats, or bear.
比方说蛇猫和熊之类的
Oh, my. All right.
我的天好吧
Well, why don't we get the most popular animal repellents
我们要不试试最流行的动物驱逐剂
and see which ones work and which ones don't?
看看哪些行得通哪些不行
Great!
好极了
When it comes to keeping critters
针对防止动物们
from causing calamitous catastrophe on your property,
给房♥子带来灾难性的后果
The "Mythbuster" Message board
《流言终结者》的信息平台上
has a host of homemade mythical remedies.
有许多神奇的私家秘方
And first up are those notorious flower-bed defecators --
首先上场的是臭名昭著的花圃净化者
felis catus.
家猫
If you want to keep cats from digging
若你不想让猫咪
or pooping in your garden,
在你的花♥园♥里挖坑或拉屎
the most popular are water bottles,
最普遍的办法就是用水瓶
which work so well with the flies,
它们对苍蝇的效果很好
And one I don't entirely understand,
还有一种我不太理解的驱赶方法
which is lion poop.
是用狮子屎
Well, let's make a cat house
让我们建一座
that's comfy for them that has a garden,
带有花♥园♥的舒适猫窝
someplace where they'd want to go,
这样它们才会愿意待在里面
and then put out all these deterrents and see what happens.
然后挨个测试这些驱赶物是否有效
So, the setup is simple --
实验设置非常简单
a cat-friendly environment to make the felines feel at home
一个让猫咪感觉舒适的环境
and a planter box which the team will attempt to deter
以及一个试图禁止猫咪们
the determined kitties from entering and destroying.
进入或在里面捣乱的花圃
So, our environment is all set for our control test,
对照实验的准备工作已经就绪
and we have the cutest guests ever.
我们还请来了有史以来最萌的嘉宾们
We have four cats and four kittens.
四只成年猫和四只小猫
What we're gonna do is put 'em in here
我们将会把它们安置在这里
and see how many of them go into the planter box.
然后观察它们中有多少会进入花圃
Be free!
去吧
After we've done the control test,
在我们完成了对照实验之后
then we'll do the test again,
我们将再次进行实验
this time deploying our deterrents.
只不过下一次将会放置驱逐剂
All of these are said to be things
那些都是传说中
that will keep cats out of your flower bed.
能够让猫咪远离花圃的东西
And also, so that we don't affect the test
同时为了排除我们的存在
by adding extra stimulus,
对实验结果的影响
we're gonna leave the room.
我们将离开房♥间
And we're gonna monitor their behavior
我们将通过远程监控设备
on this remote video feed.
来监视它们的行为
One behavioral pattern
四只成年猫的共同特点是
is that all four of the adult cats love getting high.
都喜欢待在高处
It's obvious that there's one place that they all really like,
很明显有个地方它们都很喜欢
and that looks like it's the cat tower.
那就是猫塔
But the crucial control data
但关键的对照数据
is how many cats go about their business in the flower bed.
是看有多少只猫咪会在花圃里"方便"
Look at that. The cat is peeing in the planter box.
看呐那只猫咪正在花圃里小便呢
That is perfect.
真是太棒了
Dude, they love it.
伙计它们很喜欢那里
And with the hour up, the numbers are in.
一小时过去了数据也采集完毕
Seven of the eight cats visited the planter box at least once.
八只猫中有七只曾都至少有一次进入过花圃
But their behavior has warranted a slight tweak to the test.
但它们行为让我们对实验做了略微的改动
So, when we first started the test,
在我们开始实验以后
we noticed two really interesting things.
注意到了两个很有趣的地方
One, all of the kittens and one of the adults
首先是所有的小猫和一只成年猫
went straight for the planter box.
直接走向了花圃
The other is that almost all the cats go for the tower.
其次是几乎所有的猫咪都走向了猫塔
They like being up high.
它们喜欢待在高处
So when we deploy our deterrents,
所以当我们放置驱逐剂时
I think we're gonna go for both the planter and the tower.
我觉得就可以同时考虑花圃和猫塔
The first fan-suggested deterrent
第一种粉丝推荐的驱逐剂
is clear, plastic water bottles.
是透明的塑料水瓶
Will they keep the kitties out of the flower bed
它们能否让猫咪们远离花圃
and their favorite cat tower...
以及它们最爱的猫塔呢
All right. I think that's enough.
好的我觉得够多了
and how?
结果又会如何呢
So, this whole theory that the water bottle
这个水瓶能够很好地
is a good cat repellent
驱赶猫咪的说法
is similar to the one that it repels flies.
和它能够驱赶苍蝇的流言很相似
The idea is that the sunlight hits the water.
主要理由是阳光照在水瓶上
It refracts the light, and creates confusion.
水瓶又会折射光线产生混乱的效果
Be free!
去吧
It didn't work for the flies,
这方法对苍蝇没有效果
and cats are a lot smarter than flies.
而猫咪比苍蝇要聪明得多
So my feeling is it's not gonna work for them, either.
所以我觉得这方法对猫咪也没用
With stage lights directed onto the bottles
舞台灯直射在水瓶上
creating the laser-like light show
产生了应该会令猫咪讨厌的
that cats are supposed to hate,
类似激光的光线效果
The early signs are mildly encouraging.
最开始还有一点效果
Okay, they're sort of like, "What is this?
它们似乎是在问 "这是什么
What are these things everywhere?"
摆的哪里都是"
I don't know.
我也不确定
But it's no more than a moment's hesitation.
但是它们也只是稍有迟疑
Despite the light-reflecting water bottles
尽管将这些反射光线的水瓶
liberally placed in the key areas,
故意摆放在关键的区域
the cats exhibit identical behavior as the control
但是猫咪们的表现与对照实验相同
and do exactly what they want to do,
行为方式和地点
where they want to do it.
都没有区别
So there you have it.
结果你们看到了
Within 15 minutes,
15分钟内
all of our cats except for one
除了一只猫其他的
entered the box with all the water bottles in it.
都进入了摆满了水瓶的花圃
And some even did their business.
有的甚至还便便了
So with the first home-spun deterrent done,
随着第一样自♥制♥驱逐剂的实验结束
it's 0 for 1,
现在比分是0比1
which leaves one final internet-inspired feline force field.
只剩下源自网络的猫科圈地大♥法♥了
Now for the mythical deterrent
现在来测试传说中的驱逐剂
we've all really been looking forward to...
是大家都非常期待的...
lion poop.
狮子屎
Eww. Look at it.
瞧啊
She's laying them out on the fence.
她正在往篱笆上摆放狮子屎
Eww, it's sticking to my hand! Bleh.
它粘到我手上了
I don't know why anybody would want to use something
我真想不通怎么会有人愿意用
this vile and disgusting
这么恶心的东西
to keep the cats from going in your garden
就为了让猫咪不在你的花♥园♥
and leaving something vile and disgusting.
里留下同样恶心的东西