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Chinese mitten crabs have burrowed into the beds of the beautiful canals of Bruges and are wreaking havoc in Belgium’s waterways. 中国的河蟹已经在布鲁日美丽的运河河床里挖洞了，在比利时河道泛滥成灾。 The extent of the freshwater crab invasion was exposed after a single trap in the Flemish municipality of Grobbendonk caught 715,000 crabs in six months, twice as many as last year, 佛兰德斯的格罗本顿克市一个捕蟹装置六个月内就捕捉了715,000只螃蟹，是去年的两倍，由此可以看出这种淡水蟹的入侵规模了。 In Bruges, called the “Venice of the North” because of its iconic canals, a mitten crab was spotted strolling through the Graf Visartpark park with its hairy pincers held nonchalantly aloft. 布鲁日因其标志性的运河而有“北方威尼斯”的美称，有一只河蟹被发现在格拉夫维萨特公园里举着毛茸茸的钳子在悠闲地散步。 The mitten crabs, so named for their furry claws, are listed as one of the 100 most invasive alien species in the world. They have no natural predators in Europe and compete with native species for food. 这种绒蝥蟹因毛茸茸的钳子而得名，入选世界100种最具侵略性的外来物种，在欧洲没有天敌，还和当地物种争食。 They destroy rivers and unbalance ecosystems by shredding and eating everything they find on river beds. They can even damage infrastructure such as dams or destroy fishing gear. | 
