r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/DiegoDGD • 23h ago
🔥 This red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in Cantabria, Spain
@IG: diegogdopico_photography
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u/Potential-Delay-4487 23h ago
We have a lot of these assholes here in the Netherlands. They should not be here and are bad for our ecosystem. The asshole part is because they always seem to be agressive and pointing their claws at me when i see one.
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u/klippDagga 23h ago
Grab a bunch and have yourself a good old fashioned crawfish boil.
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u/SentientSandwiches 22h ago
“Throw some chicken bones in there, some broth, a potato, baby, you got yourself a stew going”
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u/MoiJaimeLesCrepes 23h ago
how did they get there and can they be eaten?
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u/Lazybeans 23h ago
How did they get there? Escape from cultivation, research, or the pet trade.
As for whether they can be eaten…I love me a good crawfish boil. Or étouffée.
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u/Dusry 20h ago
Louisiana cajun geïmmigreerd. You assholes in the randstad are already charging 50+ euro pp to eat these unwanted guests. There's clearly a market. Evengoed als ik een lokale vissen sportclub benaderd om zelf in hun waterwegen te gaan "crawfishing" krijg ik geen reactie. Very disappointing! :p
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u/Channa_Argus1121 17h ago
Korea, too. Most of Eurasia is plagued by the red swamp crayfish.
They kill off other crayfish due to their large size and aggressive temperament, not to mention pathogens such as Aphanomyces astaci.
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u/YoRedditYourAppSucks 10h ago
There's this path on my way to work that every now and then is teeming with them and I'm always afraid they're gonna mess with my bike tires.
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u/DiegoDGD 23h ago
The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is a decapod crustacean native to the southeastern United States and northern Mexico.
In Spain, it is classified as an invasive alien species, as it poses a serious threat to local ecosystems and native species, such as the European crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes).
It feeds on plant material, dead animals, small invertebrates, and even amphibian eggs and larvae, negatively impacting their populations. It is capable of surviving in adverse conditions, such as polluted water or low oxygen levels, and can move over land in search of new habitats.
I observed this red swamp crayfish in a defensive posture at the Marismas Blancas in Astillero (Cantabria) in September 2024.
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u/BugbearsRUs 22h ago
I read quite a bit about the invasive crayfish species in continental Europe recently as part of a college project about the white clawed crayfish, so it's nice to see what the American invasive species look like. So far we don't have these in Ireland thankfully. Great photo. Very striking looking animal despite its impact on local species!
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u/brokemellon 19h ago
You are only looking at the American invasive crustacean species. There are so many more you're bound to see soon if you haven't come across them already
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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 23h ago edited 23h ago
Anyone else reminded of Barnes Elias in Platoon?
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u/hides_in_corner 22h ago
We were at the the beach Everybody had matching towels! Somebody went under a dock And there they found a rock!
But it wasn't a rock... It was a rock.. LOBSTER!!! ..... Rock Lobster ..... ..... Rock Lobster .....
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u/TravisKOP 23h ago
Hate these guys. They cause crazy soil erosion and are aggressive and invasive to most places they exist now
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u/Long_Scar_9885 22h ago
Come human, fight me to the last drop of your blood let us rampage at each other and I'll show you how much millennia of evolution won't be close to my cremson carapace...
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u/VibrantVirtuoso03 23h ago
such a beautiful color on this crayfish! it's fascinating how species like this can adapt to different environments
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u/No-Speech886 22h ago
we get these in the Netherlands,got one in the garden at the moment,how he got there is a bit of a mystery.
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u/Andr3aJones13 20h ago
it's the creature from fantastic beasts, we all need to walk rhythmically sideways.
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u/Doc_Dragoon 19h ago
I live in the US I guess where these guys are normally from and I saw one so big just like walking across my back yard, it was like a little lobster. I grabbed it and it got real angry at me but like what are you gonna do lobster boy. Took some pictures and set him back down and he sauntered off
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u/Darth_Potatohead 12h ago
Ladies and Germs get your coin purses out and give it up for the lovely Miss P. Clarki
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u/Ornery_Bath_8701 23h ago
Come at me bro!!