Dr von Beeren speculates that a hygiene instinct that keeps the ants from eating material that has been taken to their refuse piles is at least partially responsible.

冯·比伦博士推测，至少部分原因是蚂蚁的一种卫生本能，这种本能使蚂蚁不会吃那些被扔进垃圾堆的东西。

Aside from that being far more than anyone had expected, the presence of the larvae and eggs indicates that the refuse piles are not so much convenient restaurants as full-on homes, where the beetles live out their entire lives.

除了这远超出任何人预期的发现之外，幼虫和卵的存在也表明，与其说垃圾堆是便利餐馆，不如说是甲虫的家，甲虫在那里度过了一生。

Grape seeds found in an ancient refuse pile in the Jura mountains were an exact genetic match with a type of grape harvested there today, meaning local winegrowers have been cultivating the same vintage for roughly 900 years.

法国：在汝拉山脉的一个古老垃圾堆中发现的葡萄种子与今天在那里收获的一种葡萄的基因完全匹配，这意味着当地的葡萄种植者已经种植了大约 900 年的同一种葡萄。