Crayfish

****The crayfish is a crustation that lives in the west, some swamps, ponds, in the west, etc. So what's so important about the crayfish? The crayfish is an interesting creature. It is usually hiding in its burrow during the day, but active at night.

****You'd really expect the exoskeleton to stay on the crayfish's body and grow along with it, but it actually molts off the crayfish body, and ends up as a shedded shell on the ground. So what's the importance of the crayfish? The importance of the crayfish is that it helps in the food chain to keep the bothering insects from producing at considerable rate.

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