Nashville Crayfish

The Nashville crayfish looks like a very small lobster. Like a lobster, the crayfish has claws that can pinch! As a young crayfish grows, it gets too big for its shell. When this happens, it grows a bigger shell and casts off the old one like a snake sheds its skin.

	Nashville Crayfish
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The Nashville crayfish looks like a very small lobster. Like a lobster, the crayfish has claws that can pinch! As a young crayfish grows, it gets too big for its shell. When this happens, it grows a bigger shell and casts off the old one like a snake sheds its skin.