To do this, they looked at burying beetles found in the forests of North America.

为此，他们研究了在北美森林中发现的埋葬甲虫。

Like the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides—which punishes its pesky children by eating them.

比如说甲壳虫，它们会吃掉自己讨厌的孩子。

The bodies with the beetle goop gave off much less of a strong-smelling compound that usually brings other burying beetles.

携带甲虫黏液的尸体散发出的一种强烈气味的化合物要少得多，而其他埋葬甲虫通常会散发出这种气味。

Other burying beetles have orange jagged stripes on their backs.

其他埋葬甲虫的背上有橙色锯齿状条纹。

That big one that you're pointing at is commonly called the American burying beetle.

赛克斯：你指的那个大的通常被称为美国埋葬甲虫。

There are only about 70 species of burying beetles in the world.

Schwing：世界上只有大约 70 种埋葬甲虫。

Dr Mashoud and Dr Kilner turned to the burying beetle, which combines parental care with a relatively short lifespan.

Mashoud 博士和 Kilner 博士转向了埋葬甲虫，它结合了父母的照顾和相对较短的寿命。

After 100 million years or so of practice, burying beetle parents have the job down cold—but also stench-free and ready for eating.

Schwing：经过 1 亿年左右的实践，埋葬甲虫的父母已经完成了这项工作——而且没有恶臭，可以食用。

And when we put those out in the field, they are more easily found by burying beetles than control carcasses that haven't been manipulated.

当我们把它们放在野外时，它们更容易通过埋葬甲虫找到，而不是未经处理的对照尸体。