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

莱德瑞前往哥斯达黎加究寄居蟹，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.

“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。”

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，我想就像寄生蟹一样。

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寄居蟹一样，莱德瑞说他打算把究题目放在一边。

Hermit crabs are using it as shells.

寄居蟹用它当壳。

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

Jagiello 和她的团队在网上看到了寄居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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.

我给你带来了一只寄居蟹作为乔迁礼物。

So, researchers have seen this behavior in hermit crabs.

因此, 究人员已经在寄居蟹中看到了种行为。

They found pictures of hermit crabs wearing trash.

他们发现了寄居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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

在项究中，究人员查看了人们在网上发布的寄居蟹的照片。

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

究人员在互联网上搜寻寄居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

Now hermit crabs are  elusive creatures.

瑞秋：现在寄居蟹是难以捉摸的生物。

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。

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是蜗牛壳。

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

寄居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.

寄居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.

所以寄居蟹经常会寻找新的壳。