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Tashiro Island is located in Ishinomaki harbor near Ojika Peninsula, Miyagi Prefecture.
宮城県、牡鹿半島を間近に臨む石巻湾に浮かぶ田代島。
An active fishing base since the later half of the Edo period,
江戸時代後期より漁業が盛んで、
here there is a custom of cherishing cats as a kind of deity that brings aboundant catches of fish.
大漁の守り神として猫を大事にする風習が今も伝わる。
In a town called Nitoda, cats that don't belong to anyone in particular spend their days roaming around freely.
仁斗田と呼ばれる集落には、誰が飼っているわけでもない猫たちが、
Looked after by residents over the ages, cats living here are friendly,
路地のそこここで思い思いの時を過ごしている。
allowing in-depth the study of cat ecology on this island.
長く大切に扱われてきたことから猫も人なつこく振る舞うため、
While cats have good lowlight vision due to their predominantly nocturnal nature,
この島では、猫の生態を詳しく見ることができる。
their eyesight isn't especially good and they have trouble quickly identifying stationary objects at a distance.
もともと夜行性の動物である猫は、夜目は利くが、視力はそれほど高くなく、遠くで止まっているものが何か、瞬時に見分けるのは苦手である。
The reason cats stop and stare in the direction of something they see is to confirm its movements.
何かを見つけた猫が、じっとその方向を見つめるのは、その動きを確かめるためなのだ。
A cat's hearing is more developed than its eyesight,
猫は視力よりも聴覚が発達しており、
enabling it to easily make out high frequencies in the region of 100,000 hertz that are inaudible to humans.
人間には聞こえない十万キロヘルツ程度の高周波でも、難なく聞き分けることができる。
Speak of the ability to hear high frequencies and ultrasonic sound and most think of dolphins and bats.
高周波や超音波の聞き分けといえばイルカやコウモリを思いつくが、
As cats can move both ears independently,
猫は左右の耳を独立して動かすことができるため、
it is also said that their ability to pinpoint a sound's location in a three dimensional space is conspicuously better than other animals.
音の出所を立体的な空間の中で特定する能力は、他の動物よりも際立っているとも言われる。
In addition to superb dynamic vision and hearing, cats have good smell, taste,
優れた動体視力や聴覚の他、嗅覚や味覚はもちろん、
and are credited with the ability to detect magnetic fields and electromagnetic waves.
猫は、磁力や電磁波も感知できると言われている。
Cats, with their developed sensory organs, are literally a living mass of sensors.
感覚器官の発達した猫は、正に、センサの塊のような生き物なのだ。
Cats swiftly react to the slightest sound and movement thanks to superb sensors.
優れたセンサの力で、物音や気配の変化に敏感に反応する猫だが、
But, it is their bottomless sense of curiosity that gives them an abundant range of endearing expressions.
その表情を豊かに感じるのは、その旺盛な好奇心の為であろう。
The inquisitive posture of a cat trying to understand events around it,
天候、地震といった自然現象も含めて、今何が起こったのか、
whether they be natural phenomenon such as weather and earthquakes, or otherwise,
何が動いたのかを見定めようとする猫の仕草は、
has many things in common with a scientist analyzing the unknown.
まるで未知なるものを分析する科学者のようでもある。
While cats act independently inside their territory, cats that get along well sometimes live together inside the same territory.
縄張りを持ち、単独行動を取る猫だが、仲の良い猫同士が、同じ縄張りの中で暮らすこともある。
When these cats meet they rub cheeks to mark the other with their scent,
こういった猫が道で出会うと、頬をすり寄せて臭い付けを交わし、
before sniffing each other's anal glands.
肛門近くの臭腺を嗅ぎ合う。
This is a version of marking.
これは一種のマーキングであるが、
However, it is common that they just exchange a short, high pitched cry as a ‘greeting’ when frequently in contact.
頻繁に出会う時は短く高い声で鳴き交わす「あいさつ」で済ませることも多い。
Unfortunately this cry is at a high frequency, so it is almost never heard by humans.
その声は高い周波数なので、残念ながら人間に聞こえることはほとんど無い。
At night, cats gather together. It is a kind of evening meeting.
夜、猫たちが集まる。いわゆる、夜会である。
It is thought that this gathering serves as a mutual confirmation of territories to avoid unnecessary conflict.
互いの縄張りを確認し、無駄な争いを避けるための行為と考えられているが、
But, it must be said that the sight of cats sitting silently without ever making eye contact is a truly bizarre thing to behold.
目を合わせることもなく、ただじっと座っているだけの光景は、とても不思議な雰囲気を漂わせる。
While cats are a familiar animal, their highly developed sensory organs that detect light, sound,
身近な動物だが、人間には判らない領域の光や音、
and even magnetic fields outside the realm of human experience means their behavior is still shrouded in mystery.
更には磁力センサのような感覚器も発達しているため、猫の行動には謎も多い。
However, take a close look at a cat and you will see an intelligent,
だが、その姿をつぶさに見るにつけ、猫は自然に興味を有し、
naturally curious animal that uses some form of communication to harmoniously exist with others in the same habitat.
何らかのコミュニケーションで互いの生息場所を融通し合う、賢い動物であるように映る。
Humans do not have such refined sensors with which to measure the natural world.
人間には、これほどまでに自然を計るセンサは無い。
However, humankind posses the power of analysis, one that goes beyond our natural limitations.
しかし人類には、分析力という種を超えた力がある。
The protection of this diverse and beautiful earth through the analysis of nature is a mission that has been entrusted to humankind.
その分析力で自然を計り、多様で美しい地球の姿を守ること、それが人類に与えられた使命といえるだろう。
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