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

“假说适用范围可能更具普遍性，远远不只寄居，相当有趣。”

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寄居，是一种学名为Coenobita compressus物种。

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

一只长大了点寄居需要更宽敞房子。

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

我瑞克在无穷时空中旅行，彼此交换位置，我想就像寄生一样。

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寄居一样，莱德瑞说他打算把研究题目放在一边。

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

在项研究中，研究人员查看了人在网上发布寄居片。

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

Jagiello 和她团队在网上看到了寄居穿着垃圾片。

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身体免受掠食者伤害。

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。

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片。

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.

寄居是生活在壳中生物，但壳不是它身体一部分。

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

科学家不确定为什么寄居选择垃圾而不是蜗牛壳。

They found pictures of hermit crabs wearing trash.

他发现了寄居穿着垃圾片。

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。

Generation after generation of little hermit crabs had been born and had died in this Dragon's ears.

一代又一代小寄居在条龙耳朵里出生和死亡。

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

寄居可能找不到足够贝壳。

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壳。