Little known facts about the Crayfish
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Call them what you want; crayfish, crawdads, mudbugs but, they are a major source of food in many southern states.
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Crayfish lay eggs that resemble caviar.
The female crayfish is in 'berry' when she is carrying her eggs. It is called 'berry' because the eggs look like little blackberries.
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Crayfish have compound eyes.
If their eye is damaged their bodies produce another one.
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crayfish can only walk forwards and can only swim backwards
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Most crayfish live in fresh water lakes and rivers.
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Baby crayfish are called instars and they look exactly like adult crayfish.
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Some species of crayfish lay as many as 800 eggs at a time.
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Crayfish can move forward, backwards and sideways.
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The largest crayfish lives in Australia, it grows to be 16 inches long.
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Crayfish have 12 tiny mouth parts.
Some mouth parts are used to chew up food and other mouth parts move water of the gills so they can breathe.
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Crayfish have lots of predators
Raccoons, birds, larger fish, otters and frogs all dine on crayfish.
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Most species of crayfish live to be 2 or 3 years old.
Larger crayfish in the Southern United States can live to be 8 years old. The largest crayfish can live to be 20 years old.
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Louisiana alone produces around 55,000 tons of crayfish each year.
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Male crawfish have larger claws than females do.
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Snails are the favorite food of Crayfish
They eat everything on the snail, even the shell. Eating the snails shell makes their shell strong.
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Crawfish are part of a family of animals called Curstaceans.
Lobsters, crabs and shrimp are also crustaceans.
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Crayfish alway hide with their antennas and claws facing outward.
They are on the lookout for food and enemies.
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There are over 500 species of crayfish.
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Humans catch crayfish and use them for bait.
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Most eggs take two weeks to hatch.
Other species of crayfish eggs take 20 weeks to hatch.
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Crayfish are bottom feeders.
The keep rivers and lakes clean.
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Crayfish will eat almost anything.
They will eat insects, tadpoles and smaller fish.
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