What do YOU call tiny river lobsters?

[Painted Calls]

Guessing it's Crusty.

Gosh I hope not.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Is that short for something?

 

[sdm111]

Crayfish. Seems the map is not big enough for me.

Explanation from "Writing Explained", just in case anyone was interested :

"Is it crayfish or crawfish? Crayfish and crawfish are two spellings of the same noun, which refers to a small freshwater crustacean. These animals are prized for their use as bait and as ingredients in several Southern-influenced dishes; otherwise, they are sometimes considered invasive species.

• Crayfish is the standard spelling outside the United States, and in academic or scientific contexts in American English.
• In most food-related contexts in American English, though, crawfish is acceptable, and even expected.

Since crawfish and New Orleans both contain the letter W, and are both related to Cajun food, you can use that letter as a mnemonic device to help you remember when crawfish is more appropriate.

To summarize, crayfish is standard. Crawfish is dialectical, but culturally appropriate when referencing some food items. Other variations of the word like crawdad or mudbug are reserved as dialectal speech."

Crawdad and mudbug is reserved for tourists trying to sound cool and t-shirts.

 

[azurbanclucker]

I hate you right now.

 

[tripletfeb]

I just have to add, my ringtone on my phone is "The Crawdad Song" by Andy Griffith

 

[Isadora]

Yankee. This was a reply to @Isadora but it apparently didn’t function like it should have.

 

[JedJackson]

Lil Riva Lobsta. I think I'm gonna trademark that just in case.

 

[room onthebroom]

This is our pet crayfish, lol. View attachment 3169520

Only you McG.

 

[MGG]

What's his name?

Cray cray. I'm jk
You know me, Mare. I never name anything.

I had one of those, it ate my coolie loach. Pissed me off!

Oh no!
I think it ate my sister's neon tetra

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

We call them crayfish up here. And eating them has never crossed my mind. Which is probably why I didn't put 2 and 2 together and realize they are the same thing as crawfish until not that long ago