So thank you limpets. Thank you, deformed photons.

所以贝。，变形的光子。

Well, limpet teeth contain goethite, a crystalline form of iron, oxygen, and hydrogen.

好吧，贝牙齿含有针铁矿， 一种铁、氧和氢的结晶形式。

Nobby clung on like a limpet to a rock.

诺比像瘸子一样紧紧抓住岩石。

" It's the most enormous limpet I've ever seen, " said Fishlegs in awe.

" 这是我见过的最大的贝，" 小鱼腿敬畏地。

For years they had had to exist on shellfish, the limpet in particular because it was so plentiful.

多年来，它们不得不以贝类为生，特别是贝，因为它的数量太多了。

Longer at-sea times means barnacles, limpets, and mussels can establish colonies that can span multiple generations.

更长的海上时间意味着藤壶、贝和贻贝可以建立跨越多代的群体。

After about ten minutes of shoveling, they hit on an underground cache of limpet shells.

在铲了大约10钟后，他们发现了一处地下藏匿的贝。

Limpets are a bit like worms and a bit like snot and a lot less tasty than either.

贝有点像蠕虫，有点像鼻涕，味道比这两者都差得多。

I bet this whole HILL is made out of limpets.

我打赌这整个山丘都是用做的。

I bet this whole ISLAND is made out of limpets.

我打赌整个岛都是用做的。

The most gigantic limpet shell anyone had ever seen.

这是人们见过的最大的贝。

All around there were crazy towers of limpet shells stacked up in piles perilously high, like so many fantastic sculptures.

四周是一座座疯狂的贝塔，堆放在危险的高处，就像许多奇妙的雕塑一样。

" Useless, " said Hiccup, staring at the limpet.

" 没用，" 卡嗝盯着。

I clung to the office with the true limpet touch for many long months, but, alas, I was combed out at last.

我以真正的贝触感紧紧抓住办公室好几个月， 但是，唉，我终于精疲力尽了。

They found carnivorous polychaete worms and heat-tolerant limpets that seem to have slipped between the cracks in the seafloor to colonise the cavities underneath.

他们发现食肉多毛类蠕虫和耐热的贝似乎是从海底裂缝之间溜进来并在下面的洞穴中定居的。

But it turns out that the tiny teeth of the common limpet -- an aquatic snail found in rock pools around the world -- are even stronger.

但事实证明， 普通贝— — 一种在世界各地的岩石池中发现的水生蜗牛— —的细小牙齿甚至更强壮。

He put them on limpet rations for the next three weeks, and said the next time anything like this happened they would be expelled from the Program.

他让他们在接下来的三周里实行状配给，并表示下次发生类似的事情时，他们将被驱逐出该计划。

But as a limpet grows, goethite forms into especially compact, highly resilient, curved filaments that make it stronger than anything else in nature… that we know of.

但随着贝的生长， 针铁矿会形成特别紧凑、高弹性、弯曲的细丝，使其比自然界中的任何其他东西都要坚固… … 据我们所知。

I continued three days feeding on oysters and limpets, to save my own provisions; and I fortunately found a brook of excellent water, which gave me great relief.

我连续三天以牡蛎和贝为食，以节省我自己的食物。我幸运地找到了一条好水的溪流，这让我松了一口气。

At exactly the same moment as Hiccup sat down suddenly, gazing at the limpet, there was the faint, clear sound of a whistle being blown not far away.

就在卡嗝突然坐下来，凝视着贝的同时，不远处传来微弱而清晰的哨声。