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Published: 2006-10-07 21:46:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 623; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 5
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The Lousiana crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is said to be a common crayfish species in the southern parts of the USA, but he certainly it is a stranger - and a pretty dangerous one - here in the Netherlands. Having never seen it before, I found it a very strange encounter to see one on the grass of the Gooilust park in ยดs-Graveland this afternoon.For more information about it see a.o. the Wikipedia article: [link]
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it looks so out of it's element in the grass.. great action shot though
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It certainly was out of its elements! - Many thanks for commenting again. You must have been overwhelmed by the number of my pictures submitted in the meantime.
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That is an odd place to find one... good shot though
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Many thanks, even if very late.
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Mooie opname! 
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Ja, het is toch een eng beest! Maar ze zeggen dat ze lekker in de pan zijn!
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Great you like this shot!
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Whoa! Watch out! Very strange that it would be so far out there. Non-native species, I'm guessing. Hopefully, it's not invasive over there.
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It is very invasive and eating up all local crayfish! And poisining the others with a certain sort of virus. And digging holes in dykes, so Holland will drown!
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hah, dang. Sounds like alot of trouble. we have organisms that do that sort of thing over here. I think we have a little foreign blue crab that does that same sort of thing too.
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Yes, I should have killed it and taken it home for a good meal, even if a small one!
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It was pretty slow, probably because of the cold. I would not have dared to get so near if it had been more mobile.
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Great you like this shot! Many thanks for telling it.
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A strange subject! I never seen something like that! 
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Thats a pretty good shot. I love the colour of the Cray. The grass looks well taken care of too... I love grass...
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I risked my life ... No, not really. After all I am not a local crayfish!
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lol. It's a pretty cool shot. the colours are good together.
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Fishermen don't like these much here, they tickle the lines and they think they have a bite when they don't 
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They do not love them here either. And these things eat all local crayfish or poison them with a virus. Worse, they dig holes in dykes. So Holland will drown!
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is it marine or freshwater? we have couple of american freshwater crabs invading our waters and pushing out native species
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Freshwater. A killer, too!
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When crawdads attack 
I wonder if he saw the reflection in your lens and decided to attack?
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It was just a defensive gesture! Probably thought me too big! Eats all local crayfish instead!
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