The species of crayfish has a genetic mutation that means it can literally photocopy itself – laying hundreds of eggs that hatch into a clone.
In just 25 years, the population of the bizarre animal called “Procambarus Virginalis”, or “Marmorkrebs”, has exploded into the millions.
The first of its kind is thought to have been created 25 years ago when two slough crayfish mated, with one of them having a mutation in a sex cell.
The mutant...
source: Daily Star