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居蟹，这学名为Coenobita compressus的物。

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

只长大了点的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.

“这个假说的适用范围可能更具普遍性，远远不只居蟹，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，我想就像生蟹样。

But like a hermit crab encountering a humdrum shell, Laidre says he's gonna leave that one alone.

但就像遇到无趣螺壳的居蟹样，莱德瑞说他打算把这个研究题目放在边。

Hermit crabs are using it as shells.

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居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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

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，也许乌龟就像居蟹。

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

我给你带来了只居蟹作为乔迁礼物。

So, researchers have seen this behavior in hermit crabs.

因此, 研究人员已经在居蟹中看到了这行为。

They found pictures of hermit crabs wearing trash.

他们发现了居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

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

在这项研究中，研究人员查看了人们在网上发布的居蟹的照片。

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

研究人员在互联网上搜寻居蟹穿着垃圾的照片。

Now hermit crabs are  elusive creatures.

瑞秋：现在居蟹难以捉摸的生物。

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

现在，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居蟹选择垃圾而不蜗牛壳。

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

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.

居蟹生活在壳中的生物，但壳不它们身体的部分。

So hermit crabs are often looking for new shells.

所以居蟹经常会寻找新的壳。