A Pet Crayfish Can Clone Itself, and It's Spreading Around the World
“We’re being invaded by an army of clones.”
by Sarah Zhang
Feb 05, 2018
2 minutes
No one knows exactly when the clones first appeared, but humans only became aware of them in the early 2000s.
It was a German aquarium owner who first brought it to scientists’ attention. In 1995, he had acquired a bag of “Texas crayfish” from an American pet trader, only to find his tank inexplicably filling up with the creatures. They were all, it turns out,
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