Soaring through the air these creatures are often mistaken for flying hamsters or bats with tails.

这些滑翔空中的小生灵常被误认为是会飞的仓鼠，或是长了尾巴的蝙蝠。

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There have been many attempts, but they don't evoke anywhere near the same responses as puppies, kittens or even hamsters. They are toys, not companions.

出现过许多这样的尝试，不过，它们都没有带来任何接近于对小狗小猫甚或是仓鼠的同样反应，它们只是玩具，不是伙伴。

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We’re hamsters on a treadmill, running for no real purpose, except to make a boss happy, to make money for someone else, or perhaps to make money for ourselves … but to what end?

我们就是跑步机上的老鼠，毫无目的地奔跑着，除了讨老板欢心，为别人，或许还为自己挣点钱，......但是，哪里是尽头呢？

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Food and Agriculture Organization based in Rome, over 50 billion vertebrates are consumed by humans every year, a number that does not account for fish or marine and fresh-water invertebrates, or for biomedical victims of experimentation, from dogs to hamsters to rats and mice.

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