Mexican dwarf orange crayfish is giving birth. Look at the video

[igor.kanshyn]

Mexican dwarf orange crayfish (Cambarellus patzcuarensis var. orange) is giving birth.

The babies are hatched from eggs in about a week ago. They could not walk right after hatch so they has been just hanging on their mother. Now they are ready to live by their own. You can see on the video how they are crawling on mother swimmerets.

She is shaking her abdomen trying let babies out. This ‘birth’ process takes about 1.5 day.

Look at the video of 'birth' process.

 

[Chrisinator]

Congratulations!!

 

[stephcps]

That looks incredible!!!

 

[jackiomy]

That is so cute. I bet that is what my shrimp are doing as they frantically move their swimmerettes. "Let go you little brats!" lol

 

[igor.kanshyn]

Thank you guys.

She gave me at least 40 babies!

 

[igor.kanshyn]

That is so cute. I bet that is what my shrimp are doing as they frantically move their swimmerettes. "Let go you little brats!" lol

That's right. Shrimps do the same moves. Birth process takes less for shrimps.

 

[Juice]

The video is awesome, and the picture is fantastic! Are you thinking of selling some?

 

[igor.kanshyn]

The video is awesome, and the picture is fantastic! Are you thinking of selling some?

Thank you!

I will sell them if they grow fine. Not all the babies will survive.
Note that I live in Canada

 

[Jessicaftw]

Thank you for the video, very nice!