The Babies

Okay, so when do you actually get a chance to see newborn crayfish?  Here’s your chance: 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m beginning to question her mothering skills.  Harvey found her on the living room floor this morning!  Abandoned the babies without a second thought it seems.  She still has eggs on her and has had many more babies today.  Apparently the moms often eat the babies and siblings eat each other too.  It’s a crayfish eat crayfish world!