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On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:41:33 -0500, Vic Smith
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On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:23:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Eh, I threw it close tot he bank. Yeah, it will either sink or swim.
it was one of those long dark ones with the thin long claws. Unlike
the shorter red ones with the fat claws.

When I was a kid I had one like I caught in an aquarium with other
fish. it didn't seem to mind it.

Yeah, "Larry the Lobster"

I was kidding anyway. Don't know anything about them except I had
crawdad etouffee once. Red beans, rice and crawdads in a spicy sauce.
Delicious.
My uncle once got a job driving sheet and piles after the foreman
asked if he could climb. Uncle said "Like a squirrel."
First time the foreman asked him to climb a sheet, uncle said "I ain't
going up there. Don't like heights."
Foreman said, "You said you could climb like a squirrel!"
Uncle said "Sure. A ground squirrel."
That's what made me think of "land crawdad."

--Vic


I think all of these crustaceans do just fine above or below water.
They ship live lobsters in damp seaweed. If you keep them cool and a
little wet, a blue crab will do fine out of the water too.
The other day there was a palmetto bug hanging on to my pool vac hose
about 6" under water. I watched him for a while and he seemed happy as
a clam. I flipped him up on the pool deck and he walked off like
nothing was wrong. Smashing him with my hand did relinquish his life
forces tho.
I think he may have been hiding from this guy who was also hanging out
by the pool.

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/baby%20rat%20snake.jpg

I put him outside

The only time my wife ever called and asked if I could come home from work
early was when she opened a bottom kitchen drawer and found a 4' red rat
snake curled up.