A real Delta to Delta connection!

According to this article on CNN, Louisiana crawfish (referred to here as "crayfish"-- the author is clearly not one of our southern brethren) reached Egypt by accident and have been wreaking havoc on the river ecosystem ever since. A plague to fishermen, they are known locally as "the cockroach of the Nile." However, scientists from Ain Shams university in northern Cairo are on a campaign to teach the population how tasty, nutritious, and helpful the "crayfish" can be. In the fertile Nile, they reproduce at twice their normal rate - and they have no natural predators. Check out the video -- these mudbugs are ENORMOUS!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/17/eco.crayfishegypt/index.html#cnnSTCVideo