Are female crawdads still called crawdads, or are they crawmoms?!
Question: While I lack a scientifically sound answer, I do have 3 insights about this topic (yes, it has kept me up at night thinking).
1. There are no "female" crawdads, only crayfish that have "both parts." A type of craw-transgender-dad. (something about that term sounds unnerving)
2. The female crawdads are being phased out due to societal shifts towards homo-crawl-uality. Now, the baby crayfish grow up in a home with 2 craw-dads and no craw-mom. I guess they just adopt.
3. In the crawdad society, the males don't do anything but swim around, bragging to their friends about how big their pincher's are. The female crawfish essentially run the family, working, hunting, and feeding the babies; therefore, she assumes what was once the traditionally-held "dad" role of providing and by so doing has assumed the title of "dad." Essentially, there are female crayfish but we call them craw-dads because of the role-reversal present in the crawfish society.
While this may be cause for some confusion (hence your question), we cannot call the male's crawmoms, crawladies, or craw-wussies because that just wouldn't be right. True, they may not get off of their craw-@$$, but we should at least let them keep what little craw-ego they have left by letting them maintain a title which defines their gender.
I hoped this helped.
Answers: While I lack a scientifically sound answer, I do have 3 insights about this topic (yes, it has kept me up at night thinking).
1. There are no "female" crawdads, only crayfish that have "both parts." A type of craw-transgender-dad. (something about that term sounds unnerving)
2. The female crawdads are being phased out due to societal shifts towards homo-crawl-uality. Now, the baby crayfish grow up in a home with 2 craw-dads and no craw-mom. I guess they just adopt.
3. In the crawdad society, the males don't do anything but swim around, bragging to their friends about how big their pincher's are. The female crawfish essentially run the family, working, hunting, and feeding the babies; therefore, she assumes what was once the traditionally-held "dad" role of providing and by so doing has assumed the title of "dad." Essentially, there are female crayfish but we call them craw-dads because of the role-reversal present in the crawfish society.
While this may be cause for some confusion (hence your question), we cannot call the male's crawmoms, crawladies, or craw-wussies because that just wouldn't be right. True, they may not get off of their craw-@$$, but we should at least let them keep what little craw-ego they have left by letting them maintain a title which defines their gender.
I hoped this helped.
...............you got me
I should know this one, having grown up by a creek where my friends and I used to catch 'em...
They are crawdads. Just like the Ladybug, Male and female are called Ladybugs* Gender has nothing to do with the mame I guess*
O_o whoa........ idk! But that is definatly what I'm calling them from now on! haha!
...crawdads?
the are actually called just craw nothing after it when thewy are mothers and females LOL
I suppose they're still called crawdads!
Male ladybugs are still called ladybugs, after all!
What in the Hail is a crawdad?
You KNOW that political correctness is now mandatory, so you'd better play it safe by calling them crawpersons. Believe me, those crawpeople will sue you at the drop of a hat.