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Lean meat is a good food for them as are earthworms. They also like cheese. You could possibly get some crayfish food at a pet shop too.
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What do they call crayfish in Australia?
Crayfish are known as both crayfish and yabbies in Australia. "Yabbies" are freshwater crayfish, often found in rivers, creeks and dams in rural areas.
What does a freshwater yabby eat?
The yabbie either eats meat Answer. Freshwater yabbies will eat vegetation, fish, wood and meat. If there is no food, yabbies will turn cannibalistic to survive.
Can you put freshwater yabbies in a tank with fish?
You can but it's not smart to do so. The Yabbies will rip bits off the fish.
What do playtapuses eat?
It feeds on annelid worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish).
Do yabbies live in Australia?
Yes. 'Yabby' is the term for an Australian freshwater crayfish.
Do yabbys live in the Pacific Ocean?
Yes; these are marine yabbies - ghost shrimps - not used as food, but sometimes as bait. Freshwater yabbies are a crayfish, and good to eat.
What do aboriginies hunt in water?
Fish, snakes, turtles,yabbies, freshwater muscels etc
What family are yabbies in?
The common yabby, Cherax destructor, is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae family.
Will yabbies eat moss off rocks?
No they will not eat moss. Yabbies are freshwater crayfish. They are scavengers and eat whatever they can catch or find living or dead and rotting, they also eat detrius and insect larvae.
What is the biggest thing that platypuses eat?
Probably the largest thing which platypuses eat are small yabbies, which are a type of freshwater crayfish.
Do platypuses eat yabbies?
Yes - but only very small ones. Whilst platypuses prefer smaller prey, they do eat a variety of invertebrates such as larvae, annelid worms and tiny crustaceans, including freshwater crayfish, or yabbies.
Do platypuses eat plants and if they do what kind?
Platypuses do not eat plants. They are completely carnivorous and only eat small freshwater creatures such as yabbies and crayfish, and insects and their larvae. Sometimes, plant parts will be ingested accidentally as the platypus seeks other food, but vegetation is not part of the platypus's diet.
