But soon it will be moulted and lost.

但是它很快就会脱毛。

In the summertime they're brown, but in the winter they moult through to a white coat.

在夏天，它们是棕色的，但是到了冬季，它们就会脱毛换上一身白色外套。

" I am going to moult, " answered the old crab.

“就在这里蜕不很好么？帮你呢。”

It wants a soft, freshly moulted crab that will be easier to eat.

它想一只柔软的、刚换过壳的螃蟹，这样更容易吃。

This is no graveyard, but the triumph of 100, 000 crabs successfully moulted.

这里不是墓地，是十万只螃蟹成功蜕壳的胜利场面。

A newly moulted crab is too weak to keep up with the crowd.

刚换壳的螃蟹太虚弱，无法跟上蟹群。

An old crab grew restless. Finding himself stiff all over, he knew it was time for him to moult his shell.

他跑来跑去的寻。

In protected areas, an average female skipped moulting to produce eggs about once in four years.

在保护区，平均每四年雌性会跳过一次蜕皮来产卵。

Palm trees stood as tall as the ornate French colonial buildings that were moulting bits and pieces of decor like flesh-dripping zombies.

棕榈树和法国殖民时期的华丽建筑一样高大，这些建筑像滴血的僵尸一样蜕去了零碎的装饰。

The pups are actually born black, and in the late spring, they moult, and turn a lighter, brownish grey.

这些幼崽实际上出生时是黑色的，在晚春时，它们会换毛，变成浅棕灰色。

Polar-bear watchers do sometimes spot their quarry chasing snow geese during the summer, when these birds have moulted and are unable to fly.

北极熊的研究人员有时会在夏季目睹北极熊费力的捕食雪雁，这时的雪雁正处于换羽时期，无法飞行。

Also, when females in protected areas did moult, they grew by 9% more afterwards than did those in unprotected areas.

此外，当保护区内的雌性换毛后，它们的生长速度比非保护区内的雌性多 9%。

Then when the birds arrive in new places they moult, leaving behind the feathers and their precious cargo-to start growing again at the other end of the world.

然后，当鸟儿到达新的地方时，它们会蜕皮，留下羽毛和它们珍贵的货物——在世界的另一端重新开始生长。

So, since carrying eggs stops females being harvested, she guessed that there would be a pressure for them to carry eggs more frequently, thus moulting less often and growing more slowly.

因此，由于携带卵子会阻止雌性被收获，她猜测它们会面临更频繁地携带卵子的压力，因此蜕皮次数减少，生长速度更慢。