Loch Ness monster *pics*

[Freddie]

I took several pics of it when i was in Scotland and here's few

Enjoy!

 

[Scorpendra]

nice lobster! how large is it? i used to have a juvenile, but it kept escaping when my family and i weren't home. once, we even found that it traveled across my room, across the upstairs hallway, down the stars and across the dining room at the bottom!

 

[Randolph XX()]

i think it's crayfish

 

[Scorpendra]

it's common name is "blue lobster", despite it being a crayfish. it is a nickname, like "t" or "pokie" instead of "tarantula" or "Poecilotheria".
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1641

 

[Scythemantis]

Beautiful photos of a beautiful animal. I had a duller colored one as a child (still blue, but more greyish). I only kept her in a fishbowl, not knowing any better, but regardless she lived for seven years and was already adult sized when I originally got her. My cousin, a toddler at the time, had killed her by dumping various things (food, toys, who knows what else) in the bowl while I wasn't there.

 

[Freddie]

nice lobster! how large is it? i used to have a juvenile, but it kept escaping when my family and i weren't home.

Hard to say how big it is because it's not mine. Adult i guess so... i dont know from where to where i should say "how big it is" but the whole lenght is about 15cm (a bit under 6").

I dont know practically anything about it but i really liked it. It killed her partner (ex-owner guessed that it would be she, i dont know... ) and then he gave it to my friend. Im pretty interested in it myself - i think it's quite beautiful.

 

[Mandi]

okay, being a cajun i have to say this...

that picture made me hungry LOL

they make cool pets though Whenever we have a crawfish boil, i end up grabbing one of the mudbugs to keep as a pet.

 

[Freddie]

LOL
I cant say that looking at that would make me hungry cos i practically dont eat any sea food. I wouldnt keep one as a pet or on the plate.

 

[NoS]

I wouldnt mind having one or more of these. Though they are not communal so I would only get one. I read that one link and it said 20 gals to 1. That seems a bit much doesnt it?
I am not much of a fish person so I really wouldnt want a fish set up, but I would do a set up for one of these. I wonder what else you could cohabitat with it? Something else that would be sorta rare and neat?
Any suggestions?

 

[Scythemantis]

They'll eat anything they can get ahold of, and anything too large for them to eat will probably be a bigger threat to the crawfish.

 

[Black Hawk]

aww crawfish...once in my third grade class we took care of them (except they were of the red variety) as a project. my teacher,very nice (and knowing i loved the project) sent them home with me. for a while i had a few adult and over 50+ little babys about an inch long, the crawfish breed while the project was happening, needless to say. that spring, i let them go in a local creek. i've seen the blue one's chillin in the bottom of the river about a half mile away from my house.
i also have a crawfish trap. loads of fun. btw, crawfish is very tasty

 

[Stardust]

Wow...that's a nice crayfish u have in ur possesion.Too bad we dun have the blue coloured type for sale on my side...Always see the common and red ones...

 

[Mantid Mafia]

Excellent electric blue lobster.....I had one of those in my tank along with a large sized albino Oscar...one day I noticed "scaring" on the Oscar..I couldnt figure out from what..finally I caught the Oscar and the lobster literally "boxing" one another..the Oscar would try to bite the lobster and the lobster would put a nasty pinch on the Oscar...I had them both in the same tank for over a year before I gave the tanks away...very tough and aggressive crayfish.

 

[Heartfang]

What a beast!

 

[Kid Dragon]

Great photos...nice arthropod...for a decapod

 

[Freddie]

aww crawfish..
i also have a crawfish trap. loads of fun. btw, crawfish is very tasty

I still dont eat them x)

Wow...that's a nice crayfish u have in ur possesion.Too bad we dun have the blue coloured type for sale on my side...Always see the common and red ones...

I have never seen any kind of crayfish for sale here. I dont know where that friend's friend found it originally.

Excellent electric blue lobster...finally I caught the Oscar and the lobster literally "boxing" one another..the Oscar would try to bite the lobster and the lobster would put a nasty pinch on the Oscar..very tough and aggressive crayfish.

I have understood too that they can be very aggressive but i dont have experience of that.

Heartfang: No, it is really cute and swim backwards
Kid Dragon: Thanks, i can send it to you if you wanna eat it lol

 

[IrishLad17]

Wow thats a really nice lookin crayfish. I wish mine was more brillaniantly colored, instead of the boring tan color he is. But I still love him! But after he moulted it seems that he has gotten a bit more color.