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genetics · 03-26-2006, 02:44 PM

I used to live in Australia for like..... 15 years. Yabbies are found in almost all the lakes in the southern parts of Aust. Many kids who couldn't afford a rabbit or guinea pig for pets would simply go down with friends to the local lake, get a nice net and hopefully catch afew.
I actually had one; very slow moving but easy to look after. They mainly feed on small pieces of raw meat. They're alot like looking after frog tadpoles.

03-26-2006, 02:44 PM	#5
genetics Resident Geneticist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MD, USA Age: 25 Posts: 50	I used to live in Australia for like..... 15 years. Yabbies are found in almost all the lakes in the southern parts of Aust. Many kids who couldn't afford a rabbit or guinea pig for pets would simply go down with friends to the local lake, get a nice net and hopefully catch afew. I actually had one; very slow moving but easy to look after. They mainly feed on small pieces of raw meat. They're alot like looking after frog tadpoles. __________________ Only 7% of our genes code for proteins necessary for our survival. The remaining 93% of our genes are.......... literally useless. The human genome has been sequenced, but the function of >90% of these genes are unknown.