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Lake Charles, LA Local shrimper hauls in unusual catch

Cinnamon river shrinpRaymond Leday was shrimping under the Interstate 10 bridge Monday afternoon when he pulled in something rarely seen in these parts. Leday said at first he thought it was a mutation or a crossbreed between a shrimp and a crawfish. He brought the catch to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries office in Lake Charles and they identified it as a cinnamon river shrimp. Read the rest here 08:50