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Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery
UK Telegraph ^ | 10/23/2020

Posted on 10/26/2020 6:59:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Escaped self-cloning mutant crayfish created in experimental breeding programmes have invaded a Belgian cemetery.

Hundreds of the duplicating crustaceans, which can dig down to up to a metre and are always female, pose a deadly threat to local biodiversity after colonising a historic Antwerp graveyard.

"It's impossible to round up all of them. It's like trying to empty the ocean with a thimble," said Kevin Scheers, of the Flemish Institute for Nature and Woodland Research.

Marbled crayfish, which travel across land and water at night and eat whatever they can, do not occur in nature and are banned by the European Union.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: belgium; cemetary; clone; cloned; cloning; crayfish; europeanunion; florida; genetics; germany; marbledcrayfish; nato
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1 posted on 10/26/2020 6:59:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Send in the murder hornets


2 posted on 10/26/2020 7:00:47 AM PDT by happyathome
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To: BenLurkin

I’m afraid to read the actual story out of fear that it won’t be nearly as awesome as that headline!


3 posted on 10/26/2020 7:02:07 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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To: BenLurkin

So long, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, hello Cloned Female Mutant Crayfish.


4 posted on 10/26/2020 7:02:23 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: BenLurkin

Offer permits and free passage from Lafayette, Louisiana and their problem will be solved. The Cajins will eat every mud bug in sight.


5 posted on 10/26/2020 7:05:08 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: BenLurkin

No problem... just send a few cajuns over there for some crawfish boils. They’ll be gone in no time.


6 posted on 10/26/2020 7:05:23 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: BenLurkin

“Marbled crayfish, which travel across land and water at night and eat whatever they can...”

So THIS is how humanity ends...


7 posted on 10/26/2020 7:05:33 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: BenLurkin

Attack of the Killer Crayfish


8 posted on 10/26/2020 7:06:16 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Send them to Louisiana, there’s a bayou there looking for a good crawfish boil ingredient.


9 posted on 10/26/2020 7:09:27 AM PDT by Wizdum
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To: BenLurkin

Send in the Cajuns, they will take care of them by serving them up to the locals. 8>)


10 posted on 10/26/2020 7:10:34 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: BenLurkin

Species....the Movie Sequel number 6.66

Mad scientist splices human female dna with mutant marble crayfish...creature becomes first female president...

best line of movie:”she needs the pink pill 3 day treatment...the oval office smells like Red Lobster!”


11 posted on 10/26/2020 7:11:00 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: happyathome

Send in Cajuns.
Make sure there is a lot of Zatarain’s and Old Bay seasonings, and tubs of butter!


12 posted on 10/26/2020 7:11:43 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: BenLurkin

Do the locals eat them with a side of Brussels Sprouts?


13 posted on 10/26/2020 7:17:33 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: al_c

Well, if the Cajuns know the special words to use, they should be alright. “Klaatu Barada Nikto”

But, I recommend they say all the words correctly.

Peach


14 posted on 10/26/2020 7:27:00 AM PDT by CarolinaPeach
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To: BenLurkin

Shouldn’t screw with mother nature. I think they made a number of, what they call, horror films like this. But there is a solution without burning huge ants in the LA sewers. Just poison the entire cemetery. I don’t think there is anyone in there that will complain. And follow the trails they leave to get the rest. Common lye is about the best to use to take out colonies. But this will disqualify them to be organic as killing them used an artificial agent.

rwood


15 posted on 10/26/2020 7:48:12 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: BenLurkin
When do the cloned female hotties escape? I'm gonna need a bigger net.


16 posted on 10/26/2020 7:52:48 AM PDT by moovova
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To: BenLurkin

Just in time for Halloween!


17 posted on 10/26/2020 7:54:22 AM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: BenLurkin

Damn, but that is a great 2020 headline...


18 posted on 10/26/2020 8:01:45 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: BenLurkin

So the dreaded “Grey Goo” may turn out to be a lab-created marbled crayfish instead.

The flippin’ Belgians. It figures.

Qu’est ce qui pourrait aller mal? (What could go wrong?)


19 posted on 10/26/2020 8:02:50 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nuke em from orbit.


20 posted on 10/26/2020 8:06:39 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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