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Carthaginian coin with a crayfish, Sicily, Italy, ~3rd century BCE?

One of the highlights of my day was when William Harland, a talented ecology undergrad here at #LincolnUniversityNZ, stopped by my office to show me his photos of temnocephalid flatworms. These distinctive squat tentacled flatworms live in colonies on NZ's freshwater crayfish, koura, and eat scraps left over when the koura feed. They apparently cause no bother to the koura.

William found these at Poolburn Reservoir in central Otago.

Amazing!

The photo is CC-BY William Harland: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/341041723
Here are more photos of these crazy flatworms on #iNaturalistNZ: https://inaturalist.nz/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=868829&place_id=6803&preferred_place_id=6803

#invertebrates #flatworms #NaturalHistory #NZ #Freshwater #crayfish #crustaceans #nature #crayfish

Robb Feb 9

This is not a crab.
It’s a rusty crayfish — a freshwater bruiser that eats plants, evicts natives, and raises its claws like it wants the argument.
Be crabby if you want.
It still isn’t a crab.

Orconectes rusticus https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/orconectes-rusticus/ #Crayfish

Plazi Species Feb 6

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crayfish from #indonesia just surfaced:

Cherax bomberai

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3E33C-FFEC-FFB5-FE56-3EDEFB63FD7F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda3020010
#Arthropoda #CheraxBomberai

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crayfish #freshwater

hansakwast Feb 1

Calculate and Visualise Flow Direction in QGIS

https://videos.qwast-gis.com/w/3bvhX8c3i8tscFSaTfTajx

Calculate and Visualise Flow Direction in QGIS

PeerTube

Dag-Rune Z Jan 22

Smoking good Khmer BBQ street food

When you want to buy street food in Asia, you will not lack choices.

Like chicken, quail, sausage, pork, pineapple from this happy chef.

Trick is to follow a local chef and her fav street food joint. Or – the joint with the longest queue.

And your nose, of course.

You can feed yourself well and have left overs for lunch the next day for 5 USD. Or take away for when to visit Khmer friends for drinks and talks, a meal for a large group or family is around 10 USD.

https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/smoking-good-street-food-when-you-want-to-buy/

#2018CE #ancient #Angkor #angkorfood #chive #art #BBQ #Buddhism #Cambodia #life #countryside #day #trip #eating #Empire #foodie #greentourism #history #imperial #Kampuchea #Khmer #ladyfingers #squid #shrimps #crayfish #shellfish #localfood #Nikkor #Nikon #Pagoda #prawn #seafood #SiemReab #siemreap #southeastasia #stuengthmeyvillage #SvayDangkum #Commune #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage #food #foodie

Jürgen Hubert Jan 21

The Köpenick district of Berlin received its name thanks to a talking crayfish.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #crayfish
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Name_of_K%C3%B6penick_and_the_Large_Crayfish_of_Stralow

The Name of Köpenick and the Large Crayfish of Stralow

Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles Wiki

Dag-Rune Z Jan 19

An evening with comfort Khmer seafood BBQ

Who says things need to be complicated when produce has high quality?

Tiger shrimps, squids and veggies on the BBQ, freshly steamed local rice and one of M’me Khmer chefs own, home made dipping sauces.

And a beer.

That is great eating and comfort food and drinks. A great Saturday in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

For seafood lovers
Cambodia is a great country for seafood lovers. Or, I think the technical term is aquatic based protein.

In a typical, classical Khmer diet around 60 percent of the protein are shellfish and crayfish from river, lake or sea. All important part of Cambodias geography. Ad some fresh vegetables, and home made dipping sauces mixing salt, sweet, spicy, and umami flavours.

And flavourful steamed Khmer rice.

The Forbes Magazine recently advised people loving good food and unique experiences to travel to Cambodia. For the special cuisine with great flavours and no long queues.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickysmith/2026/01/16/visit-this-underrated-country-for-great-southeast-asian-food-without-the-crowds/

#2018CE #ancient #Angkor #angkorfood #chive #art #BBQ #Buddhism #Cambodia #life #countryside #day #trip #eating #Empire #foodie #greentourism #history #imperial #Kampuchea #Khmer #ladyfingers #squid #shrimps #crayfish #shellfish #localfood #Nikkor #Nikon #Pagoda #prawn #seafood #SiemReab #siemreap #southeastasia #stuengthmeyvillage #SvayDangkum #Commune #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage #food #foodie

@iveyline Jan 19

Lunch today. A kind gift from our lovely neighbour. It was yum! #aotearoa #doubtlessbay #crayfish

Archus Byte Jan 13

We got a new member of the family. This is a "vanilla lobster" (or crayfish) named "Opal". I've given him the nickname "pinchy". Hopefully he has a long fruitful life in our care.

#aquarium #fishTank #Lobster #crayfish #aquariumLife