Laidre travels to Costa Rica to study hermit crabs, a species called Coenobita compressus.

莱德瑞前往哥斯达黎加研究寄居蟹，学名为Coenobita compressus的物。

A hermit crab who has put on a little weight needs more spacious accommodations.

只长大了点的寄居蟹需要更宽敞的房子。

It's intriguing to think that this hypothesis might have greater generality beyond hermit crabs.

“个假说的适用范围可能更具普遍性，远远不只寄居蟹，相当有趣。”

The renovation renders the shells more precious to their owners-and to other covetous crustaceans as well.

改造让寄居蟹更加珍惜自己的螺壳，而其它贪婪的甲壳类动物也会垂涎样的螺壳。

But like a hermit crab encountering a humdrum shell, Laidre says he's gonna leave that one alone.

但就像遇到无趣螺壳的寄居蟹样，莱德瑞说他打算把个研究题目放在。

For this study, researchers looked at photos of hermit crabs that people had posted online.

在项研究中，研究人员查看了人们在网上发布的寄居蟹的照片。

Jagiello and her team saw photos online of hermit crabs wearing garbage.

Jagiello 和她的团队在网上看到了寄居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

Hermit crabs are using it as shells.

寄居蟹用它当壳。

Hermit crabs wear seashells to protect their soft bodies from predators.

寄居蟹佩戴贝壳来保护自己柔软的身体免受掠食者的伤害。

Like, you might wonder, maybe a turtle is like a hermit crab.

你可能想知道，也许乌龟就像寄居蟹。

And I brought you over a hermit crab as a house warming present.

我给你带来了只寄居蟹作为乔迁礼物。

So, researchers have seen this behavior in hermit crabs.

因此, 研究人员已经在寄居蟹中看到了行为。

Hermit crabs are these creatures that live in shells, but the shell isn't part of their body.

寄居蟹生活在壳中的生物，但壳不它们身体的部分。

Now, hermit crabs wear shells on their backs for shelter and protection.

现在，寄居蟹背上戴着贝壳来提供庇护和保护。

The researchers scanned the Internet for photos of hermit crabs wearing trash.

研究人员在互联网上搜寻寄居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

Generation after generation of little hermit crabs had been born and had died in this Dragon's ears.

代又代的小寄居蟹在条龙的耳朵里出生和死亡。

(See " Internet Ecology." ) TEMPORARY HOUSING Hermit crabs wear seashells to protect their soft bodies from predators.

(见" 互联网生态学" ) 临时居所寄居蟹戴着贝壳来保护它们柔软的身体免受捕食者的伤害。

But it's not like a hermit crab just wears the same shell its whole life.

但并不寄居蟹生都戴着同个壳。

Scientists aren't sure why hermit crabs are choosing litter instead of snail shells.

科学家们不确定为什么寄居蟹选择垃圾而不蜗牛壳。

New HomesHermit crabs have soft bodies.

新家寄居蟹的身体很柔软。