Potamon fluviatile Potamon fluviatile Potamon fluviatile is a freshwater crab found in or near wooded streams, rivers and lakes in Southern Europe. It is an omnivore with broad ecological tolerances, and adults typically reach in size during their 10–12 year lifespan. They inhabit burrows and are aggressive, apparently outcompeting native crayfish. "P. fluviatile" has been harvested for food since classical antiquity, and is now threatened by overexploitation. Many of the island populations are particularly vulnerable, and the Maltese subspecies has become a conservation icon. A population in Rome may have been brought there before the founding of the Roman Empire. Adult "Potamon
Life Is a Highway song's well-known chorus. Eventually that version was released on the 25th-anniversary reissue of the album as "Love is a Highway". While his trip to Africa was influential to a notable portion of the "Mad Mad World" album, it was especially formative to the final version of "Life is a Highway". Cochrane says he was trying to unpack the poverty he witnessed on his trip, which he found "shocking and traumatic". He later said the uptempo spirit of the song came from looking for something positive to "hang the experience on." Most of the vocals on the track were recorded in