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OK OK - it was feeble. I felt that, because we were straying into aquaculture that the "tin of worms" reference was appropriate - in a bait context. Sigh.
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Growing up in Oregon, I learned them as "crawdads", so I'm not so sure about this regionalism theory...
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Well we always called them crayfish. Lobsters are MUCH bigger. The crayfish in our lakes never grow to more than three or four inches - counting the extended forarms with the claws.
It'd take a whole slew of them to be able to make a meal, especially since you can only eat the tail an that is only an inch or so long. You better start peeling early in the day to feed a family of four.
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What's the difference between lobster and langostine?
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I think it is a different variety of the same type of beasty. Like Holsteins and Longhorns are different types of cattle.
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in a bait context. Sigh.wel, stalesy - they certainly rose to it 
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rose to it
I blush to think.
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http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/fyigames/cllobst.htmlThis is a chidrens' coloring book page but it shows a real lobster. When alive the shell is a mottled green and brown. When cooked the shell turns bright red. They are delicious and are properly called Homerus Americanus - if I have the spelling correct - they are native to coast of Canada starting around Labrador, then down the northeast US from Maine to northern North Carolina but, naturally, I think the best ones are captured off the coast of New Hampshire! For more information than you want and answers to commonly asked questions : http://www.maineaquarium.com/lobster.html
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Crayfish don't live in fresh water ...
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Why wouldn't freshwater crayfish live in fresh water? Do they--to earn their designation--just drink fresh water in little plastic bottles, say, after exercising?
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