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Yabby (other)
Yabby is a name given in Australia to two different kinds of crustacean: * ''Cherax'' (freshwater yabby), a crayfish * '' Trypaea'' (marine yabby), a ghost shrimp (infraorder Thalassinidea) which lives in the intertidal zone See also * Yabba (other) * Yabby You Vivian Jackson (14 August 1946 – 12 January 2010), better known as Yabby You (or sometimes Yabby U), was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in the early 1970s through his uncompromising, self-produced work. Biography Jac ... (1946–2010), Jamaican reggae vocalist and producer {{disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherax
''Cherax'', commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with ''Euastacus'', it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern Hemisphere. Habitat Members of the cherax genus can be found in lakes, rivers, and streams across most of Australia and New Guinea. The most common and widely distributed species in Australia is the common yabby (''C. destructor''). It is generally found in lowland rivers and streams, lakes, swamps, and impoundments at low to medium altitude, largely within the Murray–Darling Basin. Common yabbies are found in many ephemeral waterways, and can survive dry conditions for long periods of time (at least several years) by aestivating (lying dormant) in burrows sunk deep into muddy creek and swamp beds. In New Guinea, ''Cherax'' cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trypaea
''Trypaea australiensis'', known as the (''marine'') ''yabby'' or ''ghost nipper'' in Australia, or as the ''one-arm bandit'' due to their occasional abnormally large arm, and as the ''Australian ghost shrimp'' elsewhere, is a common species of mud shrimp in south-eastern Australia, the only species in the genus ''Trypaea''. ''T. australiensis'' is a popular bait used live or frozen by Australians targeting a range of species. It grows to a length of and lives in burrows in mudflats or sandbanks, especially in or near estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment .... References Thalassinidea Crustaceans of Australia Monotypic arthropod genera {{decapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yabba (other)
"Yabba" is the nickname of Stephen Gascoigne (1878–1942), a well-known heckler at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Yabba may also refer to: *A shortening of "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!", a phrase from the animated television series ''The Flintstones'' *''Yabba'', an English word of Australian Aboriginal origin meaning "to talk" *Yaba (drug), a Thai drug containing methamphetamine and caffeine *" The Yabba", an instrumental track by Battles * Tillandsia 'Yabba', a hybrid cultivar of the genus ''Tillandsia'' in the Bromeliad family *The Yabba, short for Bundanyabba, a fictional mining town in the 1971 film ''Wake in Fright'' *"Yabba, Yabba, Yabba", a ''Shining Time Station'' Season 2 episode See also * Yabba Falls Yabba Falls is a waterfall on Yabba Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, in Queensland, Australia. The waterfall is located within a 101 hectare reserve near Lake Borumba, in the Gympie Region, near the town of Jimna in the Conondale Range. ... and Yabba Creek, Queensland, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yabby You
Vivian Jackson (14 August 1946 – 12 January 2010), better known as Yabby You (or sometimes Yabby U), was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in the early 1970s through his uncompromising, self-produced work. Biography Jackson was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica in 1946. One of seven children, Jackson left home at the age of twelve to find work at a furnace in Waterhouse. At seventeen, the effects of malnutrition had left him hospitalized, and on his release he was left with severe arthritis which had partially crippled his legs.Campbell, Howard (2012)Yabby You: Jesus Dread, ''Jamaica Observer'', 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012 His physical condition meant that he was unable to return to his previous work, and he was forced into hustling a living on the streets of Kingston. His beliefs were markedly different from that of his Rastafarian contemporaries, believing in the divinity of Jesus rather than Haile Selassie I, earning him the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
