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Jul 22, 2021 - 8:12 AM
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jackfu
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Crabs, (brachyura) , though that was more of a learning exercise for children than any crab-nursing qualities I had. They have amazing regenerative abilities, but you have to have fresh sea water for them every 2 or 3 days.
Fascinating, Paul! Many years ago I had a small (30 gallon) marine tank setup which I stocked with marine hermit crabs and some small shrimps that I would bring home from the beach. Both usually did quite well, with good water quality and provision of larger shells for the hermit crabs of course. I did err once by trying to add a couple of blue crabs. That was a disaster!
In freshwater aquariums crayfish can thrive, provided there are plenty of hiding spots for molting ones. They are quite cannibalistic. I always found them fascinating to watch. There is a creek near my house and I would usually catch some small crayfish that could not harm my other fish in the aquarium. A good, tight cover is required, as crayfish are major escape artists.
I particularly enjoyed having native minnows as pets in the same aquarium with the crawdads. Daces and chubs like cooler water but acclimate quite quickly to aquarium life, just don't overstock. As the crayfish grew to >2 inches or so, I would return them to their creek home.
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I know someone who had crabs, but the cream cleared it up. 
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I'm not going to ask why or how you sexed the frog, but I hope you didn't have a gender reveal party when you found out.
It's easy to tell. Its the lipstick.
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We had a baby mallard, once. It used to go to be in an old rabbit hutch. Down side was it ate.all our goldfish!.
Them ducks. Can't turn your back on them!
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I didn't raise it, but a little gopher ran up to me and sat on my shoe the other day.
Cute!
I once watched a ground squirrel sidle up to my neighbor while he wasn't looking. It got close to his shoe, and then looked up. The neighbor then saw it and almost leaped out of his skin.
(He said he was worried about it being rabid)
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Does my son count?
Perhaps, if he's anything like some of the men I've narrowly avoided dating....
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I'm not going to ask why or how you sexed the frog, but I hope you didn't have a gender reveal party when you found out.
For the frog gender indicator, it is the tympanum that indicates the gender. The tympanum is the ear and on the male frogs the tympanum is bigger than the eye and on females, the tympanum is the same size or smaller than the eye. Toads are a different story; we tell the gender by gently picking them up around the waist. If it clucks it is a male if it doesn't cluck it is female.
DavidinBerkely both of these methods can be adapted to avoid nasty skirmishes in the dating world.
Everything you need to know can be learned from the pond in the backyard. That's not a bad title for my book....
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If it clucks it is a male if it doesn't cluck it is female.
That's a chicken!
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For the frog gender indicator, it is the tympanum that indicates the gender.
Funny, that's how the doctor determined my gender.
Whud he do? Lean in close to your ear and whisper, "You've got eyes like limpid pools, Solly"??? 
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That is indeed a happy ending. Though I know how much it hurts as a kid to let go of a pet.
