圣诞岛男子设计了“汽车鞋”，以避免螃蟹在迁徙过程中被压扁

圣诞岛男子设计了“汽车鞋”，以避免螃蟹在迁徙过程中被压扁

An enterprising lodge owner on Christmas Island has invented “shoes” for cars to protect red crabs in their annual migration on the island in the Indian Ocean.

圣诞岛上一位有胆识的小屋主人发明了一种汽车“鞋”，以保护印度洋上的红蟹在岛上一年一度的迁徙活动。

Every year, millions of red crabs cross from the island’s forests to the beach to breed over several roads — putting them in harm’s way.

每年，数百万只红蟹从岛上的森林来到海滩，在几条道路上繁殖后代——这让它们处于危险之中。

Chris Bray, the owner of the luxury eco-retreat Swell Lodge on the Australian territory located in the Indian Ocean, south of Java and Sumatra, now fits his cars with a “crab-safe” attachment that is placed in front of the wheels and gently whisk the crabs out of harm’s way.

克里斯布雷(Chris Bray)是豪华生态度假别墅“斯韦”(Swell)的业主。这座别墅位于澳大利亚境内，位于爪哇岛和苏门答腊岛以南的印度洋上。

“When the crabs are in full migration, [the national park] closes the roads to allow the crabs safe passage,” Bray told Newsweek. “While some guests love to walk in through all the crabs, staff — as well as supplies, guests bags and elderly guests, etcetera — are not able to walk in. So I had to develop this crab-safe attachment system — the ‘crab-mobile’ — to enable us to keep running the lodge during migration, so we can get guests, supplies and staff to/from the lodge without impacting the crabs.”

“当螃蟹完全迁徙时，(国家公园)关闭道路，让螃蟹安全通过，”布雷告诉《新闻周刊》。“虽然有些客人喜欢穿过螃蟹走进去，但工作人员——以及供应品、客人的包和年长的客人等等——都不能走进去。所以我必须开发这个螃蟹安全的附属系统——‘螃蟹移动’——使我们能够在迁移期间保持小屋的运转，这样我们就可以在不影响螃蟹的情况下让客人、供应品和工作人员进出小屋。”

“A few people have tried a few things over the years, but I gather none have really worked,” Bray told the magazine. “[The national park] says this is the first invention that actually does the trick.”

布雷在接受《人物》杂志采访时说:“这些年来，有些人尝试了一些方法，但我想没有一个真正奏效。”“(国家公园)说这是第一个真正成功的发明。”