crayfish
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We see Adrian at the film’s beginning as a small child, catching crayfish and other underwater creatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
These ecosystem changes happen on a local scale, of course, but crayfish conservation and invasion mitigation have become bigger-picture challenges, often requiring transnational coordination.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Neither overfishing nor pollution, writes David Wilcove in his book The Condor’s Shadow, “has endangered as many species of fish, mussels, amphibians, and crayfish as has habitat destruction.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
As with humans, crayfish and capybaras, if you look you’ll find the biochemical markers of the poor bees’ cognitive change.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
We also caught crayfish, which hid themselves in the crevices of rocks.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
In South America crayfishes are found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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 Turner, George
Small crayfishes are desirable to show locomotion in water.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic
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 Flaubert, Gustave
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 Hornaday, William Temple
