We all make value judgments. First, most people do not equate a crayfish with dogs. Second, he fed the turtle. Having said that, this kid is creepy.
So now it's about volume? The highest volume was into California, so what is your point? Anyway, this is a great article about the foods they brought to the U.S. https://www.kcet.org/shows/the-migr...d-its-culinary-influence-on-the-united-states
Spicy Viet-Cajun crawfish/shrimp is some of the best (and messiest) food around. It was a lot better when it was actually cheap, though. lol. At $10/lbs or whatever it's going for now, that's nuts. It's gotten somewhat ubiquitous around major cities in the state (and other states), too, which is awesome. It's not difficult to make at home since it's just a boil, but the pain of getting good crawfish is the only reason I don't do it. I may do it with shrimp, but I'd rather have crawfish. As long as the spices/flavor is good ... And mantis shrimp are ridiculous. I didn't know they existed until a few years ago watching some show on Discovery or some similar channel where they showed it destroying the shell of a crab or snail with its knockout punch. Then they went on to analyze the punch of that sucker. It's insane how much power it generates. Not sure how they taste, though.
The cavitation bubble that causes light and heat on the attack is what just blew my mind when I first heard about the shrimp. I was like "this is straight out of sci-fi". Then you top it off with possibly the best vision in the animal kingdom.... https://phys.org/news/2013-09-mantis-shrimp-world-eyesbut.html
The shrimp thingy, whatever it is, the little shrimp monster, is frightening. Punching through that dude's brand new rubber boot into his foot took me aback. Gotta say, though, that what really caught my attention is that chick. Smart, good looking, curious. I'm impressed.
Straight from the '60's, man. They were busy feeling free and were not offended. I was busy enjoying life and they were a big part of it.
