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Robber crabs are perhaps the only animals in the world able to break into a coconut.
盜蟹也許是地球上唯一能打破椰子的動物
The husk is ripped off by powerful pincers.
它憑借強力的蟹鰲撕開椰殼
Other legs drill through the germinating holes on the seed itself until the nut finally cracks.
將蟹腿鉆通椰子的發芽洞，直到椰子最終破碎
The whole process can take several hours, but the reward is a meal rich in protein.
整個過程可能要花費幾個小時，獎賞是一頓富含蛋白質的美餐
Robber crabs may rule the land, but they're no masters of the sea.
盜蟹或許統治著島嶼，卻不是海洋的主人
An adult crab would drown in a few minutes, which raises the question
成年盜蟹下水幾分鐘就會淹死，既然如此
how did these monsters get to so many of the South Pacific's most isolated islands?
這個怪物是如何抵達南太平洋眾多孤島的呢
This female carries the answer - thousands of eggs,
答案在雌蟹身上，數千枚蟹卵
which will soon be left to the mercy of the ocean currents.
會從洋流中幸存下來
A few shakes of her tail are all that's needed to send them on their way.
它搖動尾巴將蟹卵送入海浪
The eggs will hatch immediately.
蟹卵會立刻孵化
Then the larvae will have just 50 days to find a new home above the water.
此后幼蟹只有50天時間在海上漂流并找到新家
