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Researchers discover giant crayfish species right under their noses (Tenn., 'Bama)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ^
| January 19, 2011
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Posted on 01/19/2011 10:59:04 AM PST by decimon
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Caption: The "bearded" setae on the antennae, bright red highlights and aquamarine tail fins add to the distinctiveness of the new species, Barbicambarus simmonsi.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Carl Williams
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Caption: The new species, Barbicambarus simmonsi (left) is more than twice the size of a typical crayfish found in Shoal Creek (which drains into the Tennessee River) -- and yet generations of aquatic biologists who frequented the area somehow missed it.
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer
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posted on
01/19/2011 10:59:06 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Somebody get a pot of water boiling. I’ll bring the seasoning!
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:01:39 AM PST
by
Thermalseeker
(The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
To: decimon
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:02:02 AM PST
by
EggsAckley
( There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!)
To: decimon
What does it taste like? That’s the real question...
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:02:12 AM PST
by
pgkdan
(Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
To: decimon
Wonder what they taste like in a gumbo?
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:02:48 AM PST
by
rahbert
To: pgkdan
Will it survive in the rice paddies of Louisiana?
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:07:16 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: decimon
Helluva mud bug there. I bet that it eats real good, especially with some Jax beer.
To: decimon
Correction: "The new crayfish belongs to the genus Barbicambarus Barbicueus Excellentium"
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:08:41 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(0bamanomics: Punish Success, Reward Failure. Destroying America is the point.)
To: decimon
Mmmmmm..... steamed. With drawn butter!
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:10:46 AM PST
by
April Lexington
(Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: decimon
Heaven only knows what is out there right under our noses. I live in Alabama and nothing would surprise me. Three years ago my Great Dane snatched a critter out of a tree and killed it. It was some sort of weasel about three feet long without the tail. Probably weighed 40 pounds. The dogs ran off with it so I couldn’t take it any where to get it identified. I called the wildlife people and they told me there was nothing in Alabama like that. I looked it up on line and think it was a marten of some kind. Only they live way up north. Well, they have Dixie relatives.
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01/19/2011 11:12:00 AM PST
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Himyar
To: Thermalseeker
To: pgkdan
Will it survive in the rice paddies of Louisiana?
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:14:20 AM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: pgkdan
Will it survive in the rice paddies of Louisiana?
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01/19/2011 11:14:26 AM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Uncle Miltie
That is a funny post right there.
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:15:11 AM PST
by
Eyes Unclouded
("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
To: decimon
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:16:00 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Joe Boucher
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01/19/2011 11:17:09 AM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: JoeProBono
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01/19/2011 11:18:44 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: decimon
Alabama and Tennessee are hotspots of crayfish diversity, he said. As all construction near these waterways comes screeching yo a halt...
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:21:29 AM PST
by
frithguild
(The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
To: decimon
One is enough for a big dish of Etouffee.
To: decimon
I thought Florida “lobsters” were actually “bugs”. They are much bigger than these..
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