The same went for the basketball-size coconut crab (see picture), the world's biggest land crab, of which Christmas Island has the world's largest population.

篮球大小的椰子蟹(coconut crab)也是科学家们研究的对象，椰子蟹是世界上最大的陆地蟹类，圣诞岛上的椰子蟹数量是世界上最多的。

We were hoping that was just a tiny trash can but, no, it's a coconut crab, which is the biggest arthropod that lives on land.

我们本以为这是一个小小的垃圾桶，但是不，这是只椰子蟹，该物种是陆地上最大的节肢动物。

We were hoping that was just a tiny trash can but, no, it's a coconut crab , which is the biggest arthropod that lives on land.

我们本以为这是一个小小的垃圾桶，但是不，这是只椰子蟹，该物种是陆地上最大的节肢动物。

Just as he was going to be eaten up, the crab said, "This is just what I deserve, for I had no business to leave my natural home by the sea and settle here as though I belonged to the land."

就在狐狸将要吃掉他之前，螃蟹说：“我真是活该，我没有理由要离开海边那个天然的家，像陆地栖息的动物一样，偏要到这里来定居。”