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

莱德瑞前往哥斯达黎研究寄居，是一种名为Coenobita compressus的物种。

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

一只长大了点的寄居需要宽敞的房子。

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具普遍性，远远不只寄居，相当有趣。”

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

种改造让寄居珍惜自己的螺壳，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.

但是就像遇到无趣螺壳的寄居一样，莱德瑞说他打算把个研究题目放在一边。

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穿着垃圾的照片。

Hermit crabs are using it as shells.

寄居用它当壳。

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

寄居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。

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

我给你带来了一只寄居作为乔迁礼物。

So, researchers have seen this behavior in hermit crabs.

因此, 研究人员已经在寄居中看到了种行为。

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

寄居是生活在壳中的生物，但壳不是它们身体的一部分。

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

现在，寄居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.

一代又一代的小寄居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" ) 临时居所寄居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.

但并不是寄居一生都戴着同一个壳。

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

家们不确定为什么寄居选择垃圾而不是蜗牛壳。

New HomesHermit crabs have soft bodies.

新家寄居的身体很柔软。