Crayfish
noun
A small animal that lives in water and looks like a small lobster.
We caught some crayfish in the stream near our campsite.
Often appears as...
- freshwater crayfish
- catch crayfish
noun
A term used for some types of lobster in Australian and New Zealand.
The rock lobster is also known as crayfish in Australia.
Often appears as...
- rock crayfish
- southern crayfish
noun
A small animal that lives in water and looks like a small lobster.
We caught some crayfish in the stream near our campsite.
Often appears as...
- freshwater crayfish
- catch crayfish
noun
A term used for some types of lobster in Australian and New Zealand.
The rock lobster is also known as crayfish in Australia.
Often appears as...
- rock crayfish
- southern crayfish
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Pro Tip 1/3Freshwater Habitat
Crayfish are typically found in rivers and lakes, not the ocean.
Children enjoy searching for crayfish along the riverbank.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Use
Crayfish are eaten in many cultures and are often considered a delicacy.
The restaurant's special is a crayfish étouffée.
Pro Tip 3/3Size Reference
Crayfish are smaller than lobsters, making this distinction important in discussions.
Crayfish may resemble lobsters, but they can fit in the palm of your hand.
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Crayfish Hunting in...
GORDON That crayfish was translucent, delicious, meaty, sweet, and super firm. Incredible. I'm definitely going to use it to my feast at the end of the week. I'd love you to come and join us. I would love to. You know what goes really well with this? A bit of wallaby. I think you need a bit of game in there, a bit of meat. I know a lady that might be able to help you out.
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Why are frogs...
Over-harvesting for the pet and food trade results in millions of frogs being taken out of the wild each year. Invasive species, such as non-native trout and crawfish, eat native frogs. Humans are facilitating the spread of infectious diseases by shipping over 100 million amphibians around the world each year
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How do animals...
and is thought to be one of the most intelligent invertebrate animals. Yet, in many countries, people continue the practice of eating live octopus. We also boil live crawfish, shrimp, and crabs even though we don't really know how they're affected either. This poses an ethical problem
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Let's put birth control...
don't need to worry about the population issue anymore you know family sizes are coming down naturally all over the world we're going to peak at nine or ten billion and that's it are they wrong well if you look at the statistics a crawfish Africa they are wrong and and I
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Sophisticated Mountain...
fish and crustaceans like crabs crayfish and for the more discerning otter lobsters are the main delights on an otters menu they have been known to eat eggs birds and even small mammals too being mustelids otters are incredibly
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Explore the Hidden and...
community of organisms and it's largely secret life things that spend their entire lifecycle underground and those are called cave obligate creatures there are terrestrial ones like spiders millipedes aquatic ones cave crayfish
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Tackling Climate Change...
help just as some people are naturally intolerant to milk or crayfish like myself we could artificially induce mild intolerance to meat by stimulating our immune system against common bow-bow
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What are animals...
How do we show how much we care about crayfish anxiety? Mostly, we boil them. Octopuses use tools, as well as do most apes and they recognize human faces.
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Crayfish Turf Wars PIPE...
on boats others by train this man is hunting aliens that are sneaking their way in using the old Victorian canals crayfish bob has ideas
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The Quiet Beauty of...
after tasting the kaikoura crayfish i went off to have a marine wildlife adventure of my own swimming with the region's famed dusky
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Crayfish Hunting in...
GORDON That crayfish was translucent, delicious, meaty, sweet, and super firm. Incredible. I'm definitely going to use it to my feast at the end of the week. I'd love you to come and join us. I would love to. You know what goes really well with this? A bit of wallaby. I think you need a bit of game in there, a bit of meat. I know a lady that might be able to help you out.
Video examples
Why are frogs...
Over-harvesting for the pet and food trade results in millions of frogs being taken out of the wild each year. Invasive species, such as non-native trout and crawfish, eat native frogs. Humans are facilitating the spread of infectious diseases by shipping over 100 million amphibians around the world each year
Video examples
How do animals...
and is thought to be one of the most intelligent invertebrate animals. Yet, in many countries, people continue the practice of eating live octopus. We also boil live crawfish, shrimp, and crabs even though we don't really know how they're affected either. This poses an ethical problem
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
don't need to worry about the population issue anymore you know family sizes are coming down naturally all over the world we're going to peak at nine or ten billion and that's it are they wrong well if you look at the statistics a crawfish Africa they are wrong and and I
Video examples
Sophisticated Mountain...
fish and crustaceans like crabs crayfish and for the more discerning otter lobsters are the main delights on an otters menu they have been known to eat eggs birds and even small mammals too being mustelids otters are incredibly
Video examples
Explore the Hidden and...
community of organisms and it's largely secret life things that spend their entire lifecycle underground and those are called cave obligate creatures there are terrestrial ones like spiders millipedes aquatic ones cave crayfish
Video examples
Tackling Climate Change...
help just as some people are naturally intolerant to milk or crayfish like myself we could artificially induce mild intolerance to meat by stimulating our immune system against common bow-bow
Video examples
What are animals...
How do we show how much we care about crayfish anxiety? Mostly, we boil them. Octopuses use tools, as well as do most apes and they recognize human faces.
Video examples
Crayfish Turf Wars PIPE...
on boats others by train this man is hunting aliens that are sneaking their way in using the old Victorian canals crayfish bob has ideas
Video examples
The Quiet Beauty of...
after tasting the kaikoura crayfish i went off to have a marine wildlife adventure of my own swimming with the region's famed dusky
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Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I was thinking about what would it be, what would the characters be like, and it just suddenly dawned on me that, hey, nobody is doing an underseas show. So I started drawing these weird invertebrate animals, various characters like crawfish and starfish and squids and sponge.
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Elsa Hosk
Swedish Model
I miss the archipelago, the islands outside of Stockholm, the most. That's where I spent my summers as a kid. Going on a boat and island-hopping. In August, we have a crayfish party.
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Sam Donaldson
American Journalist
I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'boys.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.
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Betsy Brandt
American Actress
I used to have a pet crawfish, so my friend made a mold of its claws and bronzed a key chain for me out of it.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.
Quote examples
Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I was thinking about what would it be, what would the characters be like, and it just suddenly dawned on me that, hey, nobody is doing an underseas show. So I started drawing these weird invertebrate animals, various characters like crawfish and starfish and squids and sponge.
Quote examples
Elsa Hosk
Swedish Model
I miss the archipelago, the islands outside of Stockholm, the most. That's where I spent my summers as a kid. Going on a boat and island-hopping. In August, we have a crayfish party.
Quote examples
Sam Donaldson
American Journalist
I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
Quote examples
Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'boys.
Quote examples
Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging.
Quote examples
Betsy Brandt
American Actress
I used to have a pet crawfish, so my friend made a mold of its claws and bronzed a key chain for me out of it.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.
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