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蟹，这是一种学名为Coenobita compressus的物种。

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

一只长大点的蟹需要更宽敞的房子。

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

“这个假说的适用范围可能更具普遍性，远远不只蟹，这相当有趣。”

We Ricks travel the infinite and switch places with each other like hermit crabs, I think.

我们瑞克们在无穷时空中旅行，彼此交换位置，我想就像生蟹一样。

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蟹一样，莱德瑞说他打算把这个研究题目放在一边。

Hermit crabs are using it as shells.

蟹用它当壳。

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

Jagiello 和她的团队在网上看到蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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

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，也许乌龟就像蟹。

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

我给你带来一只蟹作为乔迁礼物。

So, researchers have seen this behavior in hermit crabs.

因此, 研究员已经在蟹中看到这种行为。

They found pictures of hermit crabs wearing trash.

他们发现蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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

在这项研究中，研究员查看们在网上发布的蟹的照片。

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

研究员在互联网上搜寻蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

Now hermit crabs are  elusive creatures.

瑞秋：现在蟹是难以捉摸的生物。

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

现在，蟹背上戴着贝壳来提供庇护和保护。

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

科学家们不确定为什么蟹选择垃圾而不是蜗牛壳。

It's possible that hermit crabs can't find enough seashells.

蟹可能找不到足够的贝壳。

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

蟹是生活在壳中的生物，但壳不是它们身体的一部分。

So hermit crabs are often looking for new shells.

所以蟹经常会寻找新的壳。