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Mallard preying on crayfish
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
A juvenile Mallard has caught an American freshwater crayfish and tries to swallow it. American crayfishes have become a plague in Europe´s freshwaters as they carry a deadly fungus which leads to the extinction of the european crayfish. Gulls and other waterfowl help to control this problem.


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