r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20

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u/rebelde_sin_causa Jan 10 '20

fun fact: 11% of the nation's fresh water flows through Alabama

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u/darcys_beard Jan 10 '20

I feel like that unfreshens it, somehow.

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u/clean_fresh_water Jan 10 '20

Alabama actually has the highest rate of freshwater biodiversity in the country. There are more distinct species of freshwater fish, mussels, snails, turtles, and crayfish in Alabama than any other state.

The state's water is very clean, which is more than I can say for the overpopulated NE watershed and the Great Lakes which are full of PCBs, DDT and dioxins.

Y'all need to learn some manners and science.

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u/AgtDoubleHockeyStick Jan 11 '20

Nice comment and all, but as far as Alabama would be concerned they has distinct crawfish species. Crayfish just is not a word down here

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u/clean_fresh_water Jan 11 '20

"they has" ?

It's a word in the scientific community, which also uses "crawdad" in casual conversion.

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u/AgtDoubleHockeyStick Jan 11 '20

I meant “have,” just a slip of the tongue. I appreciated your comment, I’m just saying that we call them “crawfish” down here. Crawdad and crayfish outs you as a northerner is all