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Basil Wolverton

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Texas zoo hatches brood of rare, ghostlike crayfish species

The hatchlings also mark the second-ever breeding of a blind, white, and 'cave-adapted' crayfish.

Another Texas zoo is celebrating a historic milestone in the restoration of a critically endangered species. This week, the San Antonio Zoo announced the births of 47 Oklahoma Cave Crayfish (Cambarus tartarus). Born at the zoo's Center for Conservation and Research (CCR), the crayfish are the first-ever to be hatched under the care of humans. 

Known as one of the rarest crayfish species in North America, the Oklahoma Cave Crayfish is no more than three inches in length, with a white or colorless appearance, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The crayfish, which have no external eyes, thin pinchers and legs, are most at risk from groundwater pollution. Direct disturbance of their caves, which are limited to a single county in northeast Oklahoma, is also a critical threat. The state has listed the species as "state endangered." However, the species is undergoing review for possible inclusion on the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Read more: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-zoo-rare-crayfish-18364707.php

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baby tripod fish (bathypterois grallator) | source

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Drawing rainbow trout in my diary <3

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Do you love the colour of the sturgeon?

Which one?

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My brain: what if….everything BAD???

Me: how about we just look to the right of the bed here

And contemplate a shrimp instead?

Brain: …a compelling counterpoint.

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come on in!

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marimo diplomacy..........

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tumblr users will see the word shrimp and black out and hit reblog without reading the rest of the post

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oh to be a chinook salmon hovering over a sea of cream soda

Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

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sound on

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Hello I heard shrimp

Pangur is taking over my broken leg pillow

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something is Just Not Right with my internal organs

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Many times I feel like the sad fish you 'buy for a child because its low maintenance', stop doing that