Particularly Cats

Their special helping spirits are called "familiars", who take the form of animals, particularly cats, snakes, owls, and dogs.

跟随她们的妖魔称为“巫使”，通常以猫、蛇、猫头鹰和狗等动物形象出现。

Animals are also affected, particularly before earthquakes, snakes have been observed to come out of hibernation, rats to flee from their burrows, dogs howl and cats jump about unaccountably.

特别在地震前，动物也会受到影响，蛇被观察到从冬眠中醒来，老鼠从洞穴中逃走，狗会狂吠，猫会莫名其妙地跳来跳去。

For years, residents of Minamata, a town located on Kyushu (Japan's most southwesterly island), had observed odd behavior among animals, particularly household cats.

多年来，坐落于九州(日本最西南岛屿)小镇水俣的居民总是能观察到动物的古怪行为，特别是家养的猫。