Uncle Vernon ripped open the bill, snorted in disgust, and flipped over the postcard . " Marge's ill, " he informed Aunt Petunia. " Ate a funny whelk. --."

弗农姨父拆开有账单信封，厌恶地哼了一声，又把明信片轻轻翻转过来。 “玛姬病倒了，”他对佩妮姨妈说，“吃了有问题油螺。”

Volunteers fill bags with 16 kilograms of whelk shells, to which millions of baby oysters have been attached.

志愿者们将16公斤重螺壳装进袋子，万只小牡蛎就附着在这些贝壳上。

Tiny baby oysters, called spat, are attached to whelk shells and placed in the bay near the existing cages to further stabilize the shoreline.

被称为“斯特夫”小牡蛎被附着在螺壳上，放置在现有笼子附，以进一步稳固岸线。

The group has been building steel wire containers, filling them with rocks and whelk shells and positioning them along the shoreline of Barnegat Bay.

该组织一直在建造钢丝容器，在面装满石头和螺壳，并将它们放置在巴内加特岸线上。

They have placed 10,000 bags of oysters and whelk shells there since 2015.

自2015年以来，他们已经在那放置了1万袋牡蛎和螺壳。

Why is an astronomer telling you about dog whelks?

为什么天文学家要告诉你关于犬螺事情？

The shop offers more than 30 varieties of tinned fish, including eels and whelks.

该店提供 30 多种鱼罐头，包括鳗鱼和螺。

A closer look revealed that they weren't the first people to enter the space, as someone had gathered millions of shells from cockles, whelks, oysters, mussels, and other mollusks and glued them to the walls.

仔细观察就会发现， 他们并不是第一批进入该空间人，因为有人从鸟蛤、螺、牡蛎、贻贝和其他软体动物身上收集了万个贝壳， 并将它们粘在墙上。

" Marge's ill, " he informed Aunt Petunia. " Ate a funny whelk… " " Dad! " said Dudley suddenly. " Dad, Harry's got something! "

“玛姬病倒了，”他对佩妮姨妈说，“吃了有问题蛾螺… … ”“爸爸！”达力突然说，“爸爸，哈利收到什么东西了！”

They arrived just in time to see the Terrible Monster throw Hiccup high in the air and catch him in his mouth like a whelk.

他们及时赶到，正好看到可怕怪物把卡嗝高高抛向空中，像螺一样把他叼进嘴。

For example, if dog whelks are subjected to artificial light at night they're about twice as likely to stay under the water with a predator.

例如，如果犬螺在夜间受到人工光照， 它们大约是两倍可能待在有捕食者水下。

So in an entire year a dog whelk will rarely move more than about 10 meters.

所以犬螺在一整年内几乎很少移动超过约10米。

(Laughter) So these dog whelks live in the intertidal area of coasts, where, it turns out, they're a pretty key part of the ecosystem.

（笑）这些犬螺生活在岸潮间带， 结果发现，它们在这个生态系统中扮演着相当重要角色。