Beginning one month or so ago, I started seeing crayfish on or near the walking path at Stow Lake as I walked there in the early morning hours. About two weeks later, I would see them near daily, usually with their claws out in front of them till I would come near them, at which point they would raise their claws in defense, or to scare me, neither of which I found necessary.
Once, when I had finished my walk and was driving to work, I saw something small in the middle of the road at the last moment, and swerved to avoid it. I looked in my rear view mirror, and saw a crayfish, brick red, with its' claws up to defend itself from my car. I thought that one of the most beautiful gestures I have witnessed in recent memory.
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