Worms and enemies and crustaceans are protected there.

蠕虫和它的天敌，还有甲壳类都能在这里得到保护。

It's the rainy season on Christmas Island and so many crustaceans make their way from the forest to the sea this time of year, that authorities built a special bridge so they don't become road kill.

现在是圣诞岛的雨季，每年的这个时候，许多甲壳类会从森林中涌向大，因此有关部门建造了一座特殊的桥，以免它们在路上被压死。

They can make a home for invertebrates, crustaceans, fish, and sea snakes to name a few.

它们可以为无脊椎、甲壳类、鱼以及洋生提供栖息之地。

Smithsonian Magazine notes that the crustaceans are considered bad luck because they move backwards.

《史密森尼杂志》指出，甲壳类被认为是不祥之，因为它们会向后移。

And speaking " shellfishly" , that would be a calamity.

对于甲壳类来说，这简直是一场灾难。

Forget cockroaches. Forget Superman. Forget any other tough-as-nails creatures you've ever heard of.

忘掉蟑螂。忘掉超人。忘掉你听说过的所有顽强的甲壳类。。

Baleen whales eat small creatures that include krill, fish or crustaceans called copepods.

须鲸以小型生为食，包括磷虾、鱼类或被称为桡足的甲壳类。

Other than living on Earth, we don't have a lot in common with these arthropods, the group of animals that includes everything from spiders to insects to crustaceans like these guys.

除了都是生活在地球上，我们与这些节肢没有太多相同点，节肢包括从蜘蛛到昆虫，再到像这些家伙一样的甲壳类。

And besides the crustaceans, there's a lot more.

除了甲壳类外，还有很多。

In early fish-like vertebrates more than 500 million years ago; in a common ancestor of arthropods, such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans, at around the same time; and then in the cephalopod mollusks around 300 million years ago.

在 5 亿多年前的早期类鱼脊椎中；节肢的共同祖先，如昆虫、蜘蛛和甲壳类，大约在同一时期；然后是 3 亿年前的头足类软体。

Above the size of L rotifers, however, farmers switch phylum and feed their charges crustaceans called brine shrimps, the smallest of which clock in at 400 microns.

然而，L号轮虫再往上，农民们换了门，用一种被称为“盐水虾”的甲壳类喂食，最小的盐水虾长度有400微米。

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

这种改造让寄居蟹更加珍惜自己的螺壳，而其它贪婪的甲壳类也会垂涎这样的螺壳。

It has even sent factory ships to the other end of the earth to vacuum krill, tiny crustaceans eaten by penguins and whales from Antarctic waters.

它甚至将工厂的船只送到了地球的另外一端，以便从南极洲寻找磷虾、小的甲壳类，这些是企鹅和鲸鱼的食。

The fallen leaves or litter decay in the water and form a rich mud that feeds bacteria worms and small crustaceans.

落叶或垃圾在水中腐烂，形成丰富的泥土，为细菌、蠕虫和小型甲壳类提供食。

Dolphins are carnivores, using their pointed teeth to catch fish that they swallow whole, but they will also eat squid and crustaceans.

豚是食肉，它们用尖锐的牙齿捕鱼并且整个吞下，但它们也会吃乌贼和甲壳类。

These are made of a naturally occurring polymer called chitin, which is a polymer you find in most insect and crustacean exoskeletons.

这些鳞片是由一种叫做甲壳素的天然聚合构成的，而在大多数昆虫和甲壳类的外骨骼中都能找到这种甲壳素的聚合。

Now shrimp shellfish and dust mites are all invertebrates and all of them trigger allergies thanks to a protein called tropomyosin.

虾甲壳类和尘螨都是无脊椎，它们之所以会触发过敏反应是因为一种叫做原肌球蛋白的质。

Lobster is synonymous with Maine, so integral to its brand that the state offers a licence plate depicting the crustacean.

龙虾是缅因州的代名词，该州与龙虾密不可分，以至于会提供画有龙虾这种甲壳类的车牌。

You're close up in person with all the animals, all the fish, the lobster, the crustaceans.

你可以近距离接触所有的，所有的鱼，龙虾，甲壳类。

Forget lobster rolls since crustaceans would lose their habitats, or sushi since kelp forests wouldn't grow.

别指望再吃到龙虾卷了，因为甲壳类就会失去它们的栖息地，寿司也永别了，因为藻森林不会增长。