@sammydog01@therealjrn Saw a backyard like that at a house I stayed at outside of New Orleans (Mandeville). It was about a foot shallower, and had these hollow mud mounds that stuck up just above the surface.
The six year old who lived there told me, “that’s where the mud bugs live.” And he set his dog on one to dig it out, “Go git 'im”.
I’m guessing that’s Texas (as in, “it’s flooding down in…” and “…is where all those Mediocre folks live”), which is right next door to LA, so the first thing I thought of was the dog diggin’ for mud bugs.
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edit: I live in the northeast, where we have crayfish that live in streams, that was the first and only time I’ve seen the crawfish in its native habitat (a muddy backyard, apparently).
I also ate at least a hundred of them while I was down there.
@sammydog01@therealjrn@tinamarie1974 Just an FYI - Crayfish and Crawfish are the same animal, just called different names depending on the region.
Personally, if it lives under rocks in a brook or stream, Imma call it crayfish; if it lives in a mud-chimney, Imma call it crawfish, crawdad, mud bug and/or dinner.
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Yeah, I saw some crayfish [mudbugs, crawdads, fresh-water shrimp, etc…] for sale for stocking ponds at Country Max last weekend, and in reading further about them, it turns out that they don’t just live under rocks in streams like the ones we have here up in NYS, they can live in freshwater all over, can travel relatively long distances between bodies of water, and apparently by burrowing can cause failure of dikes and drain earth bottom ponds…
Looks like that bowl on top of the boat should’ve had some food in it. Also, that sort of looks like my front yard at the moment. We’ve had some serious rain here lately.
I love Bogie. We need more Bogie videos.
@sammydog01 what do ya suppose Bogie is digging for there?
@UncleVinny He’s digging for holes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4476508-three-men-in-a-boat-to-say-nothing-of-the-dog
Btw this book is a delight.
@f00l I think we had this same discussion last time this video was up. I still need to read it. Maybe I’ll remember this time.
Good doggie Bogie!
Is he digging for crawdads or trying to remember where he put that bone?
@DennisG2014 @sammydog01 says he’s digging for holes.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Saw a backyard like that at a house I stayed at outside of New Orleans (Mandeville). It was about a foot shallower, and had these hollow mud mounds that stuck up just above the surface.
The six year old who lived there told me, “that’s where the mud bugs live.” And he set his dog on one to dig it out, “Go git 'im”.
I’m guessing that’s Texas (as in, “it’s flooding down in…” and “…is where all those Mediocre folks live”), which is right next door to LA, so the first thing I thought of was the dog diggin’ for mud bugs.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
edit: I live in the northeast, where we have crayfish that live in streams, that was the first and only time I’ve seen the crawfish in its native habitat (a muddy backyard, apparently).
I also ate at least a hundred of them while I was down there.
@DennisG2014 @therealjrn We have those little crayfish mounds in our yard. It took me a while to figure out what they were.
@DennisG2014 @sammydog01 @therealjrn ctayfishmounds? I thought they lived in the water?
@DennisG2014 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Me too, and then:
I think I have a photo somewhere I took when I was trying to figure out what the little guys were.
@DennisG2014 @sammydog01 @therealjrn wth. I am gonna have to google this!
@sammydog01 What part of the country do you live in?
I’ve assumed that they only burrow like that on the south coast, but I have no idea, really.
@tinamarie1974 I think they burrow down below the water table, so while the ‘chimney’ may be on dry ground, the critter itself is submerged.
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@sammydog01 @therealjrn @tinamarie1974 Just an FYI - Crayfish and Crawfish are the same animal, just called different names depending on the region.
Personally, if it lives under rocks in a brook or stream, Imma call it crayfish; if it lives in a mud-chimney, Imma call it crawfish, crawdad, mud bug and/or dinner.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DennisG2014 Central Virginia- there’s a creek out back.
@DennisG2014 @sammydog01 A crick? Don’t y’all have cricks down there?
@DennisG2014 @therealjrn Them there’s cricks be down in deh hollers.
Yeah, I saw some crayfish [mudbugs, crawdads, fresh-water shrimp, etc…] for sale for stocking ponds at Country Max last weekend, and in reading further about them, it turns out that they don’t just live under rocks in streams like the ones we have here up in NYS, they can live in freshwater all over, can travel relatively long distances between bodies of water, and apparently by burrowing can cause failure of dikes and drain earth bottom ponds…
Looks like that bowl on top of the boat should’ve had some food in it. Also, that sort of looks like my front yard at the moment. We’ve had some serious rain here lately.