For the best crab viewing, Australian officials advise tourists (pictured, a Christmas Island visitor in an undated photo) to arrive during the last quarter of the moon in either November or December.

每年十一月或十二月的下弦月是最佳的观蟹时机，澳大利亚官方建议游客们选择这个时间前来圣诞岛观光。

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This year, however, the Phillips picking house on Hooper’s Island is still closed halfway into crab season for the first time since 1917.

然而，今年菲利普斯公司位于胡迫斯岛的捕捞工厂在螃蟹丰产的季节却仍然处在半关闭状态，这是自1971年以来的头一遭。

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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。

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In two thousand six, scientific census-takers found a hairy new species of crab near Easter Island.

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Try the borscht (tangy and tasty), the pan-roasted sea scallops on a crab cake crust, the pan-roasted chicken with a morel flan and the spice-rubbed Long Island duck.

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