I have a crayfish living in a pool?

Question

ive been catching crayfish as bait for years now and ive seen them live through some pretty rough stuff but recently we caught about 45 out of a local river and four of them had weird diamond shape markings and were a differnt color then the rest, after a three day fishing trip and repeated rides in a hot car trunk out of the 15 or so we didnt use only one had survived, it was the last of the weird ones (we fished the other 3) and it wasnt even weakened by its expirience it was like we'd just pulled it outta the river so for s#its and giggles we dropped it in the pool 3 hours ago to see just how much it could take but the thing just wont quit its happilly sitting on the bottom and if you attempt to catch him he swims away with good strength, hes not even running for shallow water or trying to escape now this is a normal, chlorine, algae killer, chemicly treated pool so HOW IS HE STILL ALIVE? And spare me all the cruelty crap he was gonna end up as bait or or on a plate anyway

Answer 1

They are really tough little guys. It may last a day or more before the chemicals burn it's gills to the point it can't breathe anymore.

MM

Answer 2

So, let me get this straight, you are saying that if something is going to die anyway (even if it is by your own hand), it is OK to torture it to death. Would that include you? You will eventually die too.

You cannot justify treating another creature badly because it was going to die anyway. The right to mistreat another creature is not given to humans by anyone or anything. By your action, it will die an early painful death. I doubt very seriously if it is sitting happily (as you put it) at the bottom of a chlorinated pool slowly having its' gills burned away by the chlorine.

Certainly you would want someone to help your mother, sister, wife, daughter if they were suffering and unable to breathe, right?

Answer 3

the cochroaches of the water !

Answer 4

magicman u are my hero