– Google the most beautiful cat in the world
如果在谷歌搜索世界上最漂亮的猫咪
and the first and most frequent photo you’ll see is of this white-haired, blue-eyed cat.
第一个以及搜索最多的结果便是这只蓝眼白毛猫
I’m Rebecca.
我是瑞贝卡
And I’m John.
我叫约翰
And this is Coby.
这是克比
This all started in 2015.
这一切开始于2015年
We had only been dating a few months
我们当时在一起几个月了
and I really wanted a cat.
然后我想要养只猫
Started looking online and fell in love with the British Shorthair breed.
一开始在网上找猫咪时就爱上了英短猫
They’re just so cute, almost cartoonish looking they’re like,
他们太可爱了 就和动画片里的一样
so round and expressive.
他们脸圆圆的 脸上的表情很生动
And was sort of doing some research
在做过一些调查后
and found a Shorthair breeder in the area
我们在网上找到一只短毛猫
and immediately fell in love with a little cross-eyed, adorable Coby online.
这只可爱的小猫克比有点斗鸡眼 它立马俘获了我们的芳心
He wasn’t named Coby yet, at the time.
他那时候还不叫克比
– We drove up, it was in Delaware.
我们开车前往它所在的特拉华州
One of his brothers actually caught my eye and I was like,
原本吸引了我的注意力是克比的一个兄弟 然后我就说
“Oh look, have a look at this cat, he’s cute,”
“哇 快看 快看这只小猫咪 它好可爱啊”
and Rebecca’s like, “No.” – No way.
然后瑞贝卡说 “不行 没门”
No way, absolutely not.
肯定不行
I knew Coby was the one.
我要的是克比
He came right over to us, actually fell asleep in my arms,
它慢慢走到我们身边 然后就在我的臂弯里睡着了
which makes just my heart melted.
我的心都化了
And I was like, “I need this cat.”
然后我就说 “我要这只猫咪”
We always thought that Coby was so cute
第一次见到它时 它还是个小奶猫时
when we first met him, as a kitten,
我们就觉得克比很可爱
but as he’s gotten older, pretty early on, he started developing this, we call it guy-liner.
不过随着他慢慢长大 它眼睛周围长出了眼线一样的轮廓
He has these very distinct outlines around his nose and his eyes,
它的眼睛和鼻子的轮廓变得明显
and it just gives him this intense, beautiful appearance.
这些赋予了它格外迷人的外表
His eyes themselves have this almost animate look to them.
它的眼睛看起来炯炯有神
He looks like a cartoon, I always joke.
我经常开玩笑说 它看起来好像动画里的猫猫
He looks fake, he looks like a stuffed animal.
看起来就像一只猫咪毛绒玩具
More importantly, maybe, to us from the start, was how great he is, loyal and sweet.
不过最重要的可能是它一开始给我们的印象就很棒 又忠心又温柔
And in a lot of ways, doglike.
而且在很多方面表现得很像一只狗狗
I mean, he sleeps in my arms every night.
它每晚睡在我的怀里
He is just the biggest sweetheart.
就像个大号的甜心宝贝
– There’s also the sassy side.
它有时也很会很拽
He wears his emotions on his face.
一切情绪都写在脸上
He’s very vain, loves to look at himself in the mirror.
它很爱美 喜欢在镜子前看着自己
We suspect that he might actually know how beautiful he is.
我们怀疑它其实知道自己有多漂亮
– Yeah, the world revolves around Coby.
是啊 克比可是全球焦点
So when Rebecca started posting pictures of Coby,
当瑞贝卡开始发布克比的照片时
me in my head, I was like, “Rebecca, why are you doing that?
我在心里想 “瑞贝卡 你为啥要这么做”
“You’re just being another crazy pet owner who’s posting pictures.”
“你这样很像那种疯狂晒宠物照片的主人”
We all have that friend or two or 10.
我们也有好几个这样的朋友
And she told me, she was like, “No no, no no no.
然后她跟我说 “不不不”
“Just don’t worry about this.”
“别担心”
She’s like, “Trust me, this is gonna be good. This isn’t that.”
“相信我 我这么做是有好处的 跟那些不一样”
And I was like, “Okay, it’s not that.”
所以我就说 “好吧 是不一样”
– It was kinda that. – Yeah, at the time, I thought it was.
-是有一点像 -嗯 那时候我觉得就是那样
I think you maybe had some more foresight into things.
我觉得你可能会更有远见
– But never expected that it was going to take off like it did.
但从没想过它能变得这么出名
People started responding to his pictures the same way
人们对于它的照片的评论
that I was when I first met him.
就跟我对它的第一印象一模一样
And I was like, “Okay, we’re onto something here.”
然后我说 我们发现了新大陆
It’s not just us thinking our cat is the cutest thing ever.
不只是我们觉得自己家的猫咪是最可爱的
Other people are agreeing.
别人也这么觉得
After I posted a few pictures of him,
在我发布了好些猫咪的照片之后
Cats of Instagram, 9cats, some of those bigger, featuring accounts
Cats of Instagram 9cats 以及其他一些有影响力的大V
started reposting and sharing pictures of Coby.
开始转发并分享克比的照片
The next thing we know, he’s on the front page of Reddit.
然后我们得知 它的照片被放在红迪网的首页
Then, we saw that he got this feature on Bored Panda,
之后 我们看到在无聊熊猫这个网站上有一篇关于它的文章
but all of a sudden, we started seeing all these headlines
突然 我们开始留意到这些标题
of, “Is this the most beautiful cat in the world,” and–
有写着 “它算不算是世界上最漂亮的猫咪”
– “His eyeliner is better than mine.”
以及 “它眼线画的比我还好”
– Yeah, there were all these memes going up online.
是啊 这些文章图片等在网上疯传
We were seeing him across the internet.
我们看着它风靡全网
– [Both] In “People.”
（异口同声）在《人物》……
– He was in “People” magazine and I was like,
它居然被刊登在《人物》这本杂志上
“This is crazy.”
太不可思议了
– The fan art started coming in, as well.
同时 陆陆续续开始出现各种粉丝艺术
Photoshop edits of Coby.
用Photoshop给克比编辑照片
There were nail designs, graffiti.
还有各种美甲造型 涂鸦
– Tattoos that people had gotten.
还有人把它纹在身上
Permanent tattoos on their body of Coby.
他们把克比的样子永久地纹在自己的身上
Makeup inspired by him to try to recreate his iconic eyeliner.
还有人尝试画出它那标志性的眼线
Incredible portraits and paintings,
令人惊叹的猫咪画像
and animate style, cartoons, stuffed doll versions.
动漫形象 动画片 毛绒玩具
Everything you can imagine.
任何你能想到的东西都有
– People put a lot of time into these things,
大家花了很多时间在这些事情上
which, to us, was even more special.
这对我们来说 有特殊的意义
– This was always just a side hobby for us,
养猫只是我们的业余爱好
but we started hearing from brands.
但我们开始接到品牌邀约
– Purina, 9Lives, Petco.
普瑞纳 9lives 佩科
Started with cat brands and then,
一开始都是与猫咪相关的品牌方找我们
other types of brands started reaching out.
后来有其他类型的品牌方也找到我们
– Spotify with their pet playlist.
Spotify是因为他们需要宠物播单
KVD Vegan Beauty ’cause of his inspiring eyeliner.
KDV 素食主义美容因为受它的眼线启发
Seeing Coby on TV talking about blood donation, like a voiceover, was the coolest moment.
看着克比如旁白一样 在节目里宣传捐血 是它最酷的时候
– Not enough people are giving blood.
我们需要更多的人来捐血
And giving save 12,000 lives a day.
平均一天可以拯救12000条生命
– And that was just such a awesome way to use his account for good.
用它的名义来做好事是一件很棒的事情
We’ve made more from Coby than we ever expected
克比带给我们的收益
to make in our wildest dreams.
比我们最疯狂梦中都多
– We’re very unique and fortunate.
我们很特别也很幸运
– We just think it’s important that he is always benefiting.
我们觉得重要的是它一直在创造价值
We definitely try to give him the best life possible
我们也绝对会尽可能给他提供最好的一切
and the best food, toys, and beds and–
最好吃的食物 最好玩的玩具 最舒适的床
– Cat mansions. – Yeah, a tree.
– 还有最棒的猫屋 – 对 像树一样的猫屋
You can imagine he is one spoiled cat.
你们可以认为它是一只被溺爱的猫
Not force him to do anything he doesn’t wanna do.
我们不会强迫它做不想做的事情
We really plan our shoots around him
我们制定了跟它有关的拍摄计划
and his schedule and his moods.
配合它的行程和心情
He has it pretty good.
它也配合得非常好
– Obviously, making money and working with brands is a wonderful part,
确实 既能赚钱又能跟品牌方合作是很棒的
but the better part, to us, is the joy that he spreads and how he cheers people up.
但对我们来说 更棒的是它带给人们快乐和鼓舞
As far as what’s next for Coby, who knows?
至于克比接下来会怎样 谁也说不准
If he’s gonna be featured in a James Bond movie,
或许它有机会能参演007系列电影
we don’t know, maybe.
我们也说不准
– We hope.
我们希望有这一天
That would be pretty cool.
那一定会很酷
– Call us. – Yeah.
– 联系我们 – 是的 没错