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近日，美國加州一滅蟲公司在一處民宅進(jìn)行檢查時，意外地從房屋墻內(nèi)挖出約650斤橡子。后來發(fā)現(xiàn)，這些堅(jiān)果是由一對橡樹啄木鳥花了數(shù)年時間私藏的，如今它們的勞動成果被“一窩端”……

A pest control company in California accidentally pulled 700 pounds of acorns from the walls of a home during a pest
inspection.

The exterminator later discovered that a pair of woodpeckers have stored acorns in this house for several years, and now the fruits of the birds’ labor have been cleared.

CNN：啄木鳥在加州一戶人家的墻壁內(nèi)儲藏了約650斤橡子

綜合CNN、《華盛頓郵報》等媒體報道，當(dāng)加利福尼亞州的一戶房主發(fā)現(xiàn)有蟲子從臥室的墻上爬出來時，他們打電話給滅蟲公司老板尼克·卡斯特羅（Nick Castro）尋求幫助?？ㄋ固亓_在墻上挖了一個洞來尋找蟲子，沒想到卻看到了他從事這行20多年來從未見過的情形……

The Sonoma County homeowners called on Nick Castro, owner of Nick’s Extreme Pest Control, when they spotted worms coming from a bedroom wall.

When he cut a hole in the wall to find it, Castro witnessed something he’d never seen in more than 20 years in the business.

成千上萬的橡子從墻里溢出來，每當(dāng)卡斯特羅把手伸進(jìn)洞里，就有更多的橡子滾出來……很快他發(fā)現(xiàn)，是啄木鳥在墻洞里儲存了數(shù)萬顆橡子，總共重約650斤（700磅），可能是過去兩到五年收集的。

Thousands of acorns spilled out of the wall, and more appeared whenever Castro stuck his hand into the hole.

He soon discovered woodpeckers had stored tens of thousands of acorns, which he said weighed roughly 700 pounds, in a wall cavity, likely collected over the past two to five years.

卡斯特羅在社交媒體發(fā)布帖子，分享了這個奇特的經(jīng)歷：

“接了個活兒，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)這鳥有點(diǎn)‘囤積狂’。裝了8個大垃圾袋，差不多650斤的橡子。我可從來沒遇到過這種情況。”

據(jù)CNN報道，啄木鳥通常把橡子儲存在房屋的外面，有時儲存在雨水溝里，但很少把橡子放進(jìn)室內(nèi)。然而在這戶人家中，卡斯特羅發(fā)現(xiàn)這些鳥從煙囪的一個洞里，把它們的寶貝扔下來，然后再從另一個洞進(jìn)入閣樓，享用它們儲藏的美食。

Often woodpeckers store acorns on the outside of homes, sometimes in rain gutters, but rarely do they get them inside. In this case, Castro discovered the birds dropped their treasures through a hole in the chimney and entered the attic through a separate hole to feast on their stash.

西雅圖野生動物保護(hù)組織“西北保護(hù)”的主管——保羅·班尼克(Paul Bannick)曾撰寫過兩本關(guān)于啄木鳥的書，他表示，橡樹啄木鳥（acorn woodpecker）是美國西海岸常見的一種物種，通常會在冬天收集數(shù)千顆橡子。它們幾乎可以在任何東西上鉆小洞——樹木、鳥舍、小屋、房屋——來儲存食物。

Paul Bannick, who has written two books about woodpeckers, said the acorn woodpecker, a species common on the West Coast, often amasses thousands of the nuts for winter. Acorn woodpeckers can drill small holes in almost anything — trees, birdhouses, cabins, houses — to hoard food, he said.

橡樹啄木鳥，圖源：YouTube@Nature on PBS視頻截圖

班尼克說，橡子對橡樹啄木鳥的繁殖至關(guān)重要，因?yàn)樗鼈兛梢詭椭菩宰哪绝B在整個冬天保持豐滿和健康。

Acorns are vital for the birds’ breeding, Bannick said, because they help female woodpeckers stay plump and healthy throughout the winter.

“這是一種強(qiáng)迫性的過程，如果橡樹啄木鳥知道地上有橡子，它們就會盡可能多地收集和儲存橡子。” 班尼克解釋說。

“It’s a compulsive process,” said Bannick, a director at Conservation Northwest, a Seattle wildlife preservation organization. If the woodpeckers know there are acorns on the ground, “they’re going to collect and store as many as they possibly can.”

最終，滅蟲公司在加利福尼亞這戶人家的墻上打了三個洞，才把全部的橡子移走，堆在一起約有6米高。

然而，由于已經(jīng)被鳥獸糞便和墻體絕緣材料的玻璃纖維碎片污染，這些鳥兒的攢了多年的“心血”全部被處理掉了……

It took creating another three holes in the home’s walls to remove all the acorns, which ultimately piled and reached about 20 feet high, Castro estimated.

The acorns were thrown away as they were covered in droppings and bits of fiberglass from the wall’s insulation.

這一新奇的事件經(jīng)外媒報道后，也在社交媒體引發(fā)網(wǎng)友關(guān)注。不少外國網(wǎng)友紛紛表示：心疼這對啄木鳥……

“想象一下當(dāng)這對啄木鳥發(fā)現(xiàn)它們的藏品全都沒了時的表情。”

“我為鳥兒們畢生的心血被破壞掉了感到難過。”

“這對啄木鳥會在冬天結(jié)束后從南方飛回來，結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己儲藏的食物全沒了，只好餓肚子。我希望這些人給鳥兒們建一個鳥屋，把橡子放到里面。要是我的話我就會。我有個中等大小的鳥屋。”

“這估計(jì)是一對超級沒有安全感的啄木鳥吧?？蓱z的家伙！不過，沒準(zhǔn)是它們發(fā)現(xiàn)往煙囪下扔一顆橡子會掉下去吃不到，直到填滿墻就能吃到了！”

綜合來源：CNN，華盛頓郵報，中國日報網(wǎng)