Hero crayfish amputates his own claw to avoid being boiled alive

It seemed like crayfish's day had come. He'd been dropped next to a pot of boiling water. He'd been slated to die, just one more ingredient for a hot pot prepared in a Chinese kitchen. Not today, the crayfish seemed to think. Not today. Instead of joining his boiling brethren, the crayfish appeared to clip off […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/06/04/hero-crayfish-amputates-his-own-claw-to-avoid-being-boiled-alive/