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Old 02-15-2005, 01:51 PM  
mardigras
Bon temps!
 
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Originally Posted by DarkJedi

Lobsters are cooked alive because when they die, some toxins are released into the bloodstream and they become poisonous (to some degree)
Crawfish are boiled alive too. They curl up in response to the boiling water and that is how they end up. Any crawfish with a flat tail was dead before boiling and shouldn't be eaten because of similar toxins DarkJedi mentioned with lobsters.
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