I Caught A Crawfish Just Now.

[Snee]

:blink:

Here's the odd part:
There are a few miles to the nearest place they usually live, in fact there isn't a lake or such for at least a mile in any direction. Pretty surreal it was, apparently it's been crawling around outside for more than a day


If it hadn't been for a neighbor who happened to pass by as I caught it, I'd have no idea how it got there. She told me they'd been fishing them elsewhere yesterday.

It would seem one of them got away.

The question is what do I do with the sucker?

So far I've put it in a bucket and given it some dogfood.
Pics tomorrow, hopefully. Wouldn't want to leave it there as we have dogs and stuff and it could get nasty I thought.


The neighbor didn't want it, I asked.

I'm thinking I got to find a place to release it.

[DanB]

Whats a crawfish SnnY? :unsure:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

A little lobster type creature from the sea :)

Jonno B)

[DarthInsinuate]

fatten it up and call it pinchy

[DanB]

I thought they were crayfish? :blink:

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb@16 August 2004 - 22:37
I thought they were crayfish?  :blink:
Same thing, looks like this:

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/watercritter/images/crawfish.gif


I actually thought about keeping it, it's pretty cool, but I don't think that'd work out for very long.

That's why I didn't post in IRC btw.

I was off catching it.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

@Dan.......Same thing, depends where you're from :)

Jonno B)

Edit@Mr's .........Cook it and eat it dude :01: Drop it in boiling water for about 8-10 mins til it goes bright red/orange :)

Then put it in a sandwhich :D

Jonno B)

[DanB]

Can you eat it? :unsure:

[Snee]

'tis freaky to hold, but I don't wanna pick it up too much, I know it doesn't have much of a brain, but it doesn't seem right.

Beats this spider i was fiddling with earlier today, and the stick insects I keep.



The neighbors boiled the rest of them btw.

[manker]

I think they're freshwater rather than salt, aren't they?

It will probably die in the bucket fairly quickly Snny. Best get him to the lake tomorrow :(

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 21:46
Beats this spider i was fiddling with earlier today
You were fiddling with Spider? :ph34r:


Boil it and eat it then SnnY :01:

[Snee]

Originally posted by manker@16 August 2004 - 22:46
I think they're freshwater rather than salt, aren't they?

It will probably die in the bucket fairly quickly Snny. Best get him to the lake tomorrow :(
I will as soon as I can.

And yeah dan you can eat them, they turn red when boiled, problem is you don't kill them before they go in the pot. I don't like it.

A spider, brown little thing, quick like anything, pretty cool.

[DanB]

Do they scream as they boil? :ghostface:

[bigboab]

Have you had a large storm recently, Snny? Or do you stay on a route where live fish would be transported to restaurants?


I seem to remember the Krays escaped from captivity before. :smilie4:

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb@16 August 2004 - 22:49
Do they scream as they boil?  :ghostface:
That they don't, i wonder if people would treat them that way if they did.

Someone told me they might squeak, but I'm sceptic.


Nah Boab, I think it was one of the ones the neighbors had caught, pretty weird tho', that they missed it.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

Originally posted by danb@16 August 2004 - 20:49
Do they scream as they boil? :ghostface:
:lol: Yeah :lol:

That's compresed air escaping from the claw joints :)

They are a molusc (spelling) the feel nothing, they are a machine programed to suvive :)

Jonno B)

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY+16 August 2004 - 21:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY &#064; 16 August 2004 - 21:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-danb@16 August 2004 - 22:49
Do they scream as they boil?&nbsp; :ghostface:
That they don&#39;t, i wonder if people would treat them that way if they did.

Someone told me they might squeak, but I&#39;m sceptic.


Nah Boab, I think it was one of the ones the neighbors had caught, pretty weird tho&#39;, that they missed it. [/b][/quote]
Just that I have heard that lobsters make a noise when boiling similar to a scream so I thought they might.

It might just be stuff escaping from the shell though like air or something I guess


edit - damn you Jonno i didnt see your post :P

[JONNO_CELEBS]

Lobsters do Mr.S , sometimes ear piecing and real creepy :ghostface:

@Dan.......That&#39;s compresed air escaping from the claw joints :)

Jonno B)

[Snee]

Freaky, i didn&#39;t know that, won&#39;t boil it to test tho&#39;.

They tell me the claw meat is the best btw, I think I had some when I was little even.

Salty fishy kind of taste, I think.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

The perfectly dressed lobster :01:

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Jonraddon/lobster_85.jpg

I caught it, I cooked it :D I ate it :D

Jonno B)

[manker]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS+16 August 2004 - 21:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JONNO_CELEBS @ 16 August 2004 - 21:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-danb@16 August 2004 - 20:49
Do they scream as they boil?&nbsp; :ghostface:
:lol: Yeah :lol:

That&#39;s compresed air escaping from the claw joints :)

They are a molusc (spelling) the feel nothing, they are a machine programed to suvive :)

Jonno B) [/b][/quote]
They&#39;re Crustaceans.

Stop posting about stuff you have no idea of. Of course they feel pain <_<

[Snee]

Errm in the case of them being boiled I suppose they wouldn&#39;t hurt for long, they go pretty quick when boiled.

Someone told me if you poked the eye of a fish out btw, they&#39;d only remember the pain for about twenty seconds.

Dunno&#39; how they&#39;d test that tho&#39;.

[Darth Sushi]

Crawfish, crayfish, mudbug :frusty:

[DanB]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@16 August 2004 - 21:57
The perfectly dressed lobster :01:

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Jonraddon/lobster_85.jpg

I caught it, I cooked it :D I ate it :D

Jonno B)
You do look pretty red

[Snee]

I missed the actual lobster at first, really thought he meant himself. :lol:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 21:00

Someone told me if you poked the eye of a fish out btw, they&#39;d only remember the pain for about twenty seconds.
.
No it&#39;s just somewhere to put your thumb :)
A fish will die in under a minute when out of water :)

@Dan..There&#39;s no shade at sea :(

Jonno B)

[Snee]

Have you done much lobster fishing then, Jonno?

[manker]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@16 August 2004 - 22:06
A fish will die in under a minute when out of water :)

Bollocks, why do you keep making stuff up?

A fish that weighs more than 2lbs will take at least 10 minutes to die of asphyxiation.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

@Mr.S........Quite a lot :) Going 2morrow :)

@Manker......Ok, I know nothing about fishing :rolleyes:

Jonno B)

[Snee]

Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then

[RGX]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 21:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:
Water I would imagine....unless they swim to the surface? :unsure:

[manker]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@16 August 2004 - 22:16
@Manker......Ok, I know nothing about fishing :rolleyes:
I quite agree, so far in this thread you&#39;ve told us that crayfish are from the sea, crayfish don&#39;t feel pain and a fish dies 60 seconds after you take it out of water.

[Snee]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 23:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
^How I think it is^

Or maybe they breathe both. :blink:

They do have gills.

[manker]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills.

[Snee]

Originally posted by manker+16 August 2004 - 23:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker &#064; 16 August 2004 - 23:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills. [/b][/quote]
Thanks, that solves that, the question is: should I fill the bucket with water, or just give it enough to keep it&#39;s gills moist?

The latter way means it can breathe for a longer time perhaps.

On the other hand it should only be overnight.

It&#39;s been out in open air all day I think.

[DanB]

Put it in a bucket I would say :unsure:

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb@16 August 2004 - 23:29
Put it in a bucket I would say&nbsp; :unsure:
It&#39;s in a bucket, the question is if the bucket, it&#39;s a not a small one holds enough oxygen for it to survive overnight, I have nothing to oxygenate it.

I suppose I could rig something like a hose and the compressor, but having it on all night for one crawfish wouldn&#39;t be practical.

[RGX]

Got a bigger container anywhere?

[Snee]

Originally posted by RGX@16 August 2004 - 23:31
Got a bigger container anywhere?
A really big barrel, but it&#39;d be a bitch getting it out.

I meant to say it wasn&#39;t a small bucket btw

And it has about an inch of water at the bottom and a little rock to climb up on just in case right now.

[DanB]

Just keep it in the bucket, if its dead in the morning its dead in the morning, at least you have tried your best :D

[manker]

Originally posted by SnnY+16 August 2004 - 22:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 16 August 2004 - 22:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by manker@16 August 2004 - 23:23
<!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills.
Thanks, that solves that, the question is: should I fill the bucket with water, or just give it enough to keep it&#39;s gills moist?

The latter way means it can breathe for a longer time perhaps.

On the other hand it should only be overnight.

It&#39;s been out in open air all day I think. [/b][/quote]
Surface area is the key, so more oxygen can infuse into the water once he&#39;s had his fill. A bowl would probably be better than a bucket, as long as he couldn&#39;t escape I s&#39;pose.

But I reckon if you put him in a bath of cold water then he&#39;d definitely be okay til the morning, btw i really want to see a picture of him now :D

[RGX]

Originally posted by manker+16 August 2004 - 21:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 16 August 2004 - 21:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:27

Originally posted by manker@16 August 2004 - 23:23
<!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills.
Thanks, that solves that, the question is: should I fill the bucket with water, or just give it enough to keep it&#39;s gills moist?

The latter way means it can breathe for a longer time perhaps.

On the other hand it should only be overnight.

It&#39;s been out in open air all day I think.
Surface area is the key, so more oxygen can infuse into the water once he&#39;s had his fill. A bowl would probably be better than a bucket, as long as he couldn&#39;t escape I s&#39;pose.

But I reckon if you put him in a bath of cold water then he&#39;d definitely be okay til the morning, btw i really want to see a picture of him now :D [/b][/quote]
Thats a good idea, he can&#39;t get out and there&#39;s plenty of water for him.

[Snee]

Hmm, gonna&#39; go experiment.

[DarthInsinuate]

be prepared to give the crawdad mouth to mouth

[Snee]

Putting him in atub and giving him some room to run made a difference.

He was running around all over the tub.

[RGX]

Originally posted by SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:01
Putting him in atub and giving him some room to run made a difference.

He was running around all over the tub.
:D

Good job Snny, pics&#33;

[Snee]

I promise I&#39;ll post some tomorrow, gotta&#39; get hold of my sis and borrow her cam tho&#39;.

[manker]

Nice one matey :D

Now you gotta name him&#33;

[Proper Bo]

If you have any pet fish, why not add them to the bath and enjoy your very own fish-gladiator fight, you could even make yourself a crown and give a thumbs up/down decision :D


Or you could just eat the feckin thing ;)

[DanB]

Or get another one and let them fight and race :01:

[RGX]

Get him his own tank and he can be the forum pet&#33;

With updates every week, where we ask for things to be put in his tank to see what he does&#33;

Best idea ever. :lol:

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by danb@16 August 2004 - 23:10
Or get another one and let them fight and race :01:
and have sex then kill each other - it&#39;ll be like a maritime snuff movie

[JONNO_CELEBS]

erm........Are you using fresh clean water? :unsure:

Or did I miss something? :unsure:

Jonno B)

[DanB]

Originally posted by RGX@16 August 2004 - 23:12
Get him his own tank and he can be the forum pet&#33;

With updates every week, where we ask for things to be put in his tank to see what he does&#33;

Best idea ever. :lol:
Live webcam :01:

[manker]

How&#39;s he doing SnnY? :unsure:

[Snee]

He&#39;s alive and going strong, gonna&#39; put him in a creek I know of later.

Hopefully that&#39;ll be good, first I thought I&#39;d put him in this pond I know of, but it&#39;s a frog pond, they tell me the environmental people might not like it. :D

I have pics, wanted to wait for better ones, but I might as well post what I have.

Soon...

[manker]

Great news&#33; Looking forward to the pics too :D

I think a creek is a good place because in the Aussie Soap Home and Away, there is a fictional place called Yabbie creek and I believe that a yabbie is what our Australian friends call crayfish. One can glean useful information from even the oddest source ;)

[Snee]

The two first ones are from early this morning and taken by my sister, the third one was taken just now. I&#39;m gonna&#39; try and take better ones before I let it out, but first I have to make sure it&#39;s cool to clear the camera mem &#39;cos the batteries are bad and the memory gets cleared when swapping batteries.
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Crap camera I think, couldn&#39;t set up the focus properly.

[manker]

:o

I really didn&#39;t expect him to be that big&#33; I don&#39;t think I would have picked him up without a net and maybe some body armour. :unsure:

Looks really healthy tho.

[Snee]

Good eatin&#39; on one of those... :D

Nah seriously, he is quite big, they don&#39;t get lobster-sized but they do get big.


Pretty tame tho&#39;, prolly easier to get to obey than the damn dogs are. :blink:
Only time he even got near to pinch me was when I held out my finger (with the glove on) to see how strong he was, only got hold of the cloth tho&#39;, but he was hanging from my finger so he could support his own weight at least.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

:01: Way to go Mr.S :01:

Jonno B)

[Snee]

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hawt action shots. :D


Thnx mr J., I should prolly let him out soon tho&#39;.

[*goddess*]

Originally posted by manker@17 August 2004 - 18:42
Great news&#33; Looking forward to the pics too :D

I think a creek is a good place because in the Aussie Soap Home and Away, there is a fictional place called Yabbie creek and I believe that a yabbie is what our Australian friends call crayfish. One can glean useful information from even the oddest source ;)
:D Yup, you&#39;re right Manker, tis a yabbie.


:o Snny is that GYP???

[Snee]

I got him to accept GEP as his saviour, I&#39;ll say he&#39;s ready to go out and convert the infidels now.

[*goddess*]

;) You&#39;ve done a good job then.


:( Gonna be sad for you to see him go but I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve taught him well and he will go on to convert others of his kind to the way of GEP :01:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

A GepFish :01:

He has grown Mr.S, it&#39;s time for you to let him swim the nest and find his family :)
He will always remember what you have done for him and will tell all on his travels :D

Jonno B)

[*goddess*]

:unsure: What&#39;s with all this mr. stuff??


:frusty: And why am I not mistress if we&#39;re being formal?

[Snee]

I&#39;m gonna&#39; miss him tho&#39; :(

Ok then Ms PygmyGoddess.

[JONNO_CELEBS]

:rolleyes: Myself and Mr.S have a mutual respect and understanding for each others public stature :01:

You don&#39;t have to miss him Mr.S........you&#39;ll prolly see him again :)

Do you go to restraunts much? :lol: :lol:
:ph34r: Sorry

Jonno B)

[manker]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 11:17
I got him to accept GEP as his saviour, I&#39;ll say he&#39;s ready to go out and convert the infidels now.
Quality pics, looks like a happy lil chap.

I think that makes you a GEP elder now, doesn&#39;t it?

[*goddess*]

:frusty: I wanna be mistress PygmyGoddessJaney (may as well go the whole hog) not ms, Snny




:angry: So you&#39;re saying you have no respect for me are ya Jonno?? :angry:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

Course I have no respect for you :) You&#39;re Australian :01:

:lol: :lol:

Ahem :P

Jonno B)

[Gemby!]

salt n pepper it :blink:

[*goddess*]

:angry: Pfft, you deserve no respect ya bloody git




;) Course ya do look kinda sweet here


http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Sheringham%20surf/jon_dress_90.jpg

[Gemby!]

goddess get your butt in sexy bloke thread &#33;&#33; :P

thank u :)

[*goddess*]

;) Nooooo, you get yours in there :01:


:blink: When I first read that I thought you were saying I hadda sexy butt Gem :ph34r:

[JONNO_CELEBS]

But she&#39;s a she Gems.....Her pic would look mighty odd in a sexy bloke thread :unsure:

@Janey.......Yeah yeah :rolleyes: *yawn stretch etc* :01:

Jonno B)

[*goddess*]

:rolleyes: That&#39;s it???

;) bit lame Jonno, even for you :frusty:

[lynx]

Why does the image of that crayfish hanging from a certain finger pop into my head?

http://filesharingtalk.com/uploads/av-63150.gif

[Cheese]

Originally posted by manker+16 August 2004 - 22:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 16 August 2004 - 22:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills. [/b][/quote]
The truth is stranger than fishing.

[Snee]

Last pics of my little friend.

Check out the colouration on the claw here, if you boil them, that&#39;s the pigment that comes out all over the shell:
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Was fighting me a little bit, got hold of my thumb, he didn&#39;t get a good grip tho&#39;.

Then I put him him a bucket.

Before I went off to release him, the lens is a little bit screwy so he looks really small here aww.

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At the edge of where I released him, The little sucker got hold of a strand of grass and started flicking his tail nearly got me to drop him.

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Best photo I got from there, he was struggling so much when I held him, that the other photos were of my shoes, the ground, or me when one of my brothers who came along tried taking a picture.

Hawt shoes:
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The water:
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(and btw, it may look pretty narrow here, but it gets bigger downstream, nice little rockbridge and all, passes a grave site from the iron age I think, pretty neat place.

And right before he went in I saw something splash in there, either a fish or a frog.

So I&#39;m thinking that something is gonna&#39; end up as dinner in there tonight.

I&#39;m rooting for the crawfish, as that thing is built like a little tank. And he is a gepper. :D

[*goddess*]

:unsure: Didn&#39;t you name him/her?


:D Great pics......... erm mostly :lol:

[iMartin]

Originally posted by manker@16 August 2004 - 14:46
I think they&#39;re freshwater rather than salt, aren&#39;t they?
Yeah, cause I was getting ready to say, we have them by our ponds, and lakes and such.

And btw, we call them crawfish here too. ;)

[manker]

Again, great pics and what a cool adventure the little guy&#39;s had. I think he&#39;ll be leaner, tougher and more popular thanks to his ordeal, tonight he&#39;ll regale the other yabbies with tales of gep.

[Cheese]

Did anyone notice my great joke there?

FFS I give you guys gold... :angry:

[Snee]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 13:24
:unsure: Didn&#39;t you name him/her?


:D Great pics......... erm mostly :lol:
He&#39;ll always be the crawfish to me. :D


Yeah, sorry cheese great joke.

No, really.

[manker]

Originally posted by Withcheese+17 August 2004 - 12:00--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Withcheese @ 17 August 2004 - 12:00)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by manker@16 August 2004 - 22:23
<!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@16 August 2004 - 22:17
Errm, slight lapse of brain power, what do they breathe? :unsure:

Ah wait, they breathe air I think, but need to keep the gills moist, so they need water too.

I did it right then
They breathe the disolved oxygen in the water, it&#39;s extracted by osmosis when it runs over the almost exposed blood vessels in the gills.
The truth is stranger than fishing. [/b][/quote]
I noticed, Cheese :hug: B)








:P

[*goddess*]

;) Good enuff Snny, I think we all feel the same way


:&#39;( Such bewdiful wee creature.


:rolleyes: Yes cheese, got the truth is stranger than fishing.

:01: very good.

[Snee]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 13:28
:&#39;( Such bewdiful wee creature.
First live one I&#39;ve ever seen, I really did find the little fellow kinda&#39; charming.

And he looked damned cool. Pretty awesome the grip he had in those claws, I ended up pulling up that strand of grass instead of making him lose his grip :01:

Sometime in the future I might get a big tank and keep some of his more exotic cousins, I know this pet store that keeps a few kinds.

[Proper Bo]

Originally posted by SnnY+17 August 2004 - 12:34--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 17 August 2004 - 12:34)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-*goddess*@17 August 2004 - 13:28
:&#39;( Such bewdiful wee creature.
First live one I&#39;ve ever seen, I really did find the little fellow kinda&#39; charming.

And he looked damned cool. Pretty awesome the grip he had in those claws, I ended up pulling up that strand of grass instead of making him lose his grip :01:

Sometime in the future I might get a big tank and keep some of his more exotic cousins, I know this pet store that keeps a few kinds. [/b][/quote]
And have some kind of fish-big brother broadcast live 24/7 using a webcam? Instead of evictions each week, how about the one with the least votes gets boiled? :D

[Snee]

Errm, and who gets to eat it?



Found a site about them. (http://www.nrm.se/ev/dok/signal.html.en)

[Proper Bo]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 12:46
Errm, and who gets to eat it?

Nobody, it&#39;s just an evil eviction method, maybe even in a clear pot place next to the tank so the others can see

[DanB]

Wow, its quite a big little bugger :o

[*goddess*]

:D Tis impressive innit?

@Bo, maybe we could try it with humans....... you first :D

[Snee]

Originally posted by Proper Bo, I tell thee+17 August 2004 - 13:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Proper Bo, I tell thee @ 17 August 2004 - 13:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@17 August 2004 - 12:46
Errm, and who gets to eat it?

Nobody, it&#39;s just an evil eviction method, maybe even in a clear pot place next to the tank so the others can see [/b][/quote]
I wish they did that on regular big brother.



Yeah Dan, he was kinda&#39; big. :01:
That&#39;s why I think it&#39;s a he.

[*goddess*]

<_< Hmmmm, sounds pretty chauvanistic Snny.


:rolleyes: Wish I had the energy to find an example of where females are bigger than males.

[Proper Bo]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 12:56
<_< Hmmmm, sounds pretty chauvanistic Snny.


:rolleyes: Wish I had the energy to find an example of where females are bigger than males.
fft, typical woman :rolleyes:
:P

[manker]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 12:56
<_< Hmmmm, sounds pretty chauvanistic Snny.


:rolleyes: Wish I had the energy to find an example of where females are bigger than males.
The U.S.A.?

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[*goddess*]

:frusty: Seeeeee Bo, I&#39;m too tired to even argue with ya :rolleyes:







:o Manker, how did you get my pic??

[Snee]

Originally posted by lynx@17 August 2004 - 12:42
Why does the image of that crayfish hanging from a certain finger pop into my head?

http://filesharingtalk.com/uploads/av-63150.gif
Yesterday, it was that finger btw, tho&#39; I had a glove on. :blink:


Errm, goddess, it said the males were larger then the females on that site.

If you want an example of the opposite, try spiders for instance, there are species where the male is a hundred times smaller than the female.

[RGX]

Originally posted by SnnY+17 August 2004 - 12:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 17 August 2004 - 12:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@17 August 2004 - 12:42
Why does the image of that crayfish hanging from a certain finger pop into my head?

http://filesharingtalk.com/uploads/av-63150.gif
Yesterday, it was that finger btw, tho&#39; I had a glove on. :blink:


Errm, goddess, it said the males were larger then the females on that site.

If you want an example of the opposite, try spiders for instance, there are species where the male is a hundred times smaller than the female. [/b][/quote]
Well done Snny, he&#39;s back with his mates again.

Oh, and hawt shoes. :P

[DanB]

Originally posted by manker+17 August 2004 - 12:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 17 August 2004 - 12:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-*goddess*@17 August 2004 - 12:56
<_< Hmmmm, sounds pretty chauvanistic Snny.


:rolleyes: Wish I had the energy to find an example of where females are bigger than males.
The U.S.A.?

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Everythings bigger in the US

[Snee]

Originally posted by RGX@17 August 2004 - 14:07
Oh, and hawt shoes. :P
Aren&#39;t they just.

They&#39;ve got gel in them and everything. :01:

[*goddess*]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 22:01
Errm, goddess, it said the males were larger then the females on that site.

If you want an example of the opposite, try spiders for instance, there are species where the male is a hundred times smaller than the female.
:ph34r: Sorry, my fault..... I was to lazy to use the link.



:rolleyes: I did think of spiders but the only thing that came to mind was that only the female redbacks actually have the red stripe.

[Snee]

I was watching discovery the other day, there was this species where the male had to use the female&#39;s web as strings to play on, and if he didn&#39;t hit the right notes he got eaten, and if he didn&#39;t run like like a bat outa&#39; hell after he got eaten anyway.

I think that female was lot bigger, and they did talk of species where the female was a hundred times bigger, like I mentioned.

I think the wolf-spider female is bigger too.

[DanB]

Black widows eat the male after mating too i think

[*goddess*]

:D Tanks Snny.


:) I think I&#39;d like to be reincarnated as a spider :01:


:rolleyes: oops, didn&#39;t see ya Dan.

:D That sounds like a good plan to me.

I definately wanna be a female spider :lol:

[Snee]

I think praying mantises do the same as well, it&#39;s not just the spiders :unsure: :ph34r:

[*goddess*]

:D But I&#39;d like to make pretty webs.


<_< And kill lots of the damn flies that bug me in Summer.

[Snee]

Bigger spider females here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/347.shtml)

1000 times smaller spider-males here (http://www.szgdocent.org/ff/f-sorb.htm) :blink:


Cool

[*goddess*]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 22:23
Bigger spider females here. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/347.shtml)

1000 times smaller spider-males here (http://www.szgdocent.org/ff/f-sorb.htm) :blink:


Cool
:unsure: Not much of a life span in the first link.



:blink: If the male&#39;s are 1000 times smaller than the females, would they be able to erm....... satisfy the females?

[Snee]

Well, the females do try to kill them after.

Draw your own conclusions.

[*goddess*]

;) Good point.


:D Let that be a lesson to all you menfolk out there, satisfy yer wimmin :01: :lol:

[DanB]

I knew there was a good reason I wasn&#39;t keen on spiders :blink:

[*goddess*]

;) I on the other hand have a new-found admiration for em










:ph34r: They&#39;re still icky but.

[Snee]

Well crawfish eat everything, including each other.

Those babies don&#39;t discriminate.

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 13:40
Well crawfish eat everything, including each other.

Those babies don&#39;t discriminate.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Wanton destruction?

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb+17 August 2004 - 14:42--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (danb @ 17 August 2004 - 14:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@17 August 2004 - 13:40
Well crawfish eat everything, including each other.

Those babies don&#39;t discriminate.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Wanton destruction? [/b][/quote]
Another reason to like them right there, I say. :D

[*goddess*]

;) I prefer the name Yabbies for em :D

[Snee]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 14:48
;) I prefer the name Yabbies for em :D
When I started calling it the crawfish I did it because it was the name I&#39;d heard most for it.

I had no special preference really.

:unsure:

[*goddess*]

;) Crawfish sounds nastier which would tie in with what you and Dan like.


:smilie4: I just think Yabbie sounds cute and ickle and awwww.

[Snee]

That it does, and it isn&#39;t really a fish, so I suppose calling them yabbies is good in a way.

dan calls them Crayfish Btw.

[*goddess*]

:) We have crayfish here too, and Morton Bay Bugs and also Merrin.

:unsure: I don&#39;t eat seafood so not sure on the differences or similarites, they could all be one and the same but just depends which state your in (geographically I mean) :lol:

[Snee]

I hate these (http://www.crawfishparty.com/) like I said I haven&#39;t eaten one since I was ickle, and even then I wasn&#39;t happy about it. :lol:

The parents love them tho&#39;.

Could hardly believe there&#39;d be a site catering to it like that.

[*goddess*]

:lol: Invite your friends to a Swedish crawfish party&#33;

That&#39;s sooooo funny :lol:

[Snee]

Originally posted by *goddess*@17 August 2004 - 15:38
:lol: Invite your friends to a Swedish crawfish party&#33;

That&#39;s sooooo funny :lol:
One way of looking at it.

[*goddess*]

:ph34r: But not for the yabbies of course...... sorry :helpsmile:

[Snee]

That part is very true.

And seeing as a large part of it usually degrades into drinking and singing, falsely, I don&#39;t find it that entertaining myself.

Funny hats on occasion tho&#39;.

[Mathea]

we&#39;ll know how well the experiment worked if i ever come across a gep-lovin crawfish round here


lovely job Snny&#33;

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 14:56
That part is very true.

And seeing as a large part of it usually degrades into drinking and singing, falsely, I don&#39;t find it that entertaining myself.

Funny hats on occasion tho&#39;.
The crawfish get drunk and sing? :blink:

Sweet&#33; :D

[Snee]

Yeah, that&#39;s what happens dan.

Anyway, I have an update on the place where I released it. It just so happens that the creek connects to the river where the crawfish was caught.

Same water and everything, the difference is that it&#39;s fairly inaccesible so ppl&#39;d have a hard time reaching the spot.

Same waters but safer. :D

[DanB]

Nice, it would be good if the rest of his family hadn&#39;t been caught by your neighbours it would have been a truly happy ending :lol:

[S!X]

There supposed to be good eatin :(

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb@17 August 2004 - 18:11
Nice, it would be good if the rest of his family hadn&#39;t been caught by your neighbours it would have been a truly happy ending :lol:
In all fairness he might well have been up for eating his family if given the chance tho&#39;.

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY+17 August 2004 - 17:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 17 August 2004 - 17:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-danb@17 August 2004 - 18:11
Nice, it would be good if the rest of his family hadn&#39;t been caught by your neighbours it would have been a truly happy ending&nbsp; :lol:
In all fairness he might well have been up for eating his family if given the chance tho&#39;. [/b][/quote]
Ii forgot about the cannibalistic tendencies :(

[Snee]

Famous last words of a few people I would imagine.

[Robert00000]

Originally posted by JONNO_CELEBS@16 August 2004 - 20:36
A little lobster type creature from the sea :)

Jonno B)
I&#39;m getting my knife and fork out, start cooking :chef:

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY@17 August 2004 - 17:19
Famous last words of a few people I would imagine.
Dr Livingstone I presume? :unsure:

[Snee]

Originally posted by danb+17 August 2004 - 18:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (danb @ 17 August 2004 - 18:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@17 August 2004 - 17:19
Famous last words of a few people I would imagine.
Dr Livingstone I presume? :unsure: [/b][/quote]
Errm, were there cannibals around those parts, eldorado was it?

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY+17 August 2004 - 18:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 17 August 2004 - 18:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by danb@17 August 2004 - 18:29
<!--QuoteBegin-SnnY@17 August 2004 - 17:19
Famous last words of a few people I would imagine.
Dr Livingstone I presume? :unsure:
Errm, were there cannibals around those parts, eldorado was it? [/b][/quote]
Dunno :blink:

[Mathea]

im glad u didnt eat it, as seafood is yuck

[Snee]

Originally posted by Mathea@17 August 2004 - 20:02
im glad u didnt eat it, as seafood is yuck
Lots of people like it here tho&#39;, that&#39;s why they have them crawfish parties.

[Robert00000]

I love lobsters :clap: