Ever been Yabbying with a shovel?
Sorry guys I might have to be serious for a moment and maybe even a little bit interesting?
It is worth noting that the legal possession limit of blueclaw crayfish in Queensland is 100 per person at any one time, it is not a daily limit.
That email has circulated around and around.
I was at that causeway 4 weeks ago and will be back there next week. They are not amassing in such numbers anymore as the water has stopped flowing. Apparently mass migrations like this occurr every seven years or so with smaller migrations occurring sporadicaly when seasons are good. The last couple of seasons have been very good throughout the entire region and the blueclaw have become overpopulated and thus the mass migration down the Cooper Creek catchment, they were highly visible here because of the causeway.
All of the following images were taken by me at the same waterhole as the yabby pictures were taken.
Queensland DEEDI Fisheries research officers were at that same waterhole four weeks ago doing a sampling run through the region to determine the abundance of populations of wild goldfish. Though very closely related to carp, they are not 'carp' as such and are not as significant an environmental pest species.
They were also tagging and releasing yellowbelly(Qld)/callop (SA)/Golden Perch - different names for the same fish:
Despite the presence of the wild goldfish pest species, there were still Cooper Creek catfish (endemic to the lower Cooper Creek) being caught in the sampling nets. Not an attractive character are they:
Where there is an abundance of life in the water, this attracts an abundance of life above the water:
Ok now back to being a tool:
Hey anyone for an ear job?
With big ears and teeth like that she looks like a rabbit. I like rabbits. Ear job is not immediately what I'd think of, but her ears would be good to hang onto...
I thought your avatar was one of your shaved pills with glasses?
Very astute of you but you can see a bit of regrowth stubble in the image.