crayfish
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A giant crayfish nicknamed "Crawzilla" has sparked an unexpected scientific discovery, revealing a possible biological limit to how large North America's crayfish can grow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The team examined whether geographic location, oxygen levels, or the type of environment where a crayfish lives could explain why some grow larger than others.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Illinois Natural History Survey, which belongs to the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, accounted for six of the 20 largest crayfish.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Environmental specialist Peter Cunningham told AFP that potential sediment plumes could impact rocky shoreline habitats, crayfish spawning and breeding species.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The menu included mussels, crayfish, and abalone, which made us laugh; we were dining on such delicacies every day.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Their warfare on crayfishes must not be overlooked, nor must we forget the more personal debt of gratitude we owe them for preying upon mosquitoes.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
Nothing could be seen, however, but an unusual number of prawns or crayfishes, into which they supposed the infant had been changed.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
The crayfishes would leave these little retreats whenever disturbed, and swim away down stream out of sight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
I afterward visited the locality several times, collecting specimens of the mounds and crayfishes, which are now in the United States National Museum, and making observations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
And at the same time," added Bouvard, for they mutually excited each other, "this Providence takes care of little birds, and makes the claws of crayfishes grow again.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
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