OKAY, NOW WHAT? AKA: What NOT to do with your Crawdad Catch!

What do you mean, "Now What?"  If you have been out fishing in Arizona, you probably have seen Crayfish.  You got bored with your kids and decided to catch a few.  You foolishly put them in a bucket of water and brought them home.

NEWSFLASH:  Crayfish don't breath water!!!  They breath oxygen!  Surprise!!!  They are just like fish and other shellfish, and yes they breath oxygen.  They have gills, so they extract the oxygen from the water, (JUST LIKE FISH).  However, unlike fish they can also extract oxygen from the air (as long as their gills stay wet).  In this picture, they are climbing over the top of each other to poke their heads out and breath, yes I am going to say it:  OXYGEN.  So the question of the day is: if you put them in a bucket of water, how long till they use up all the oxygen and drown?  Faster than you think.  Three days later when you remembered you had them (because you noticed a funny smell in your garage), you called me.  I hate to break it to you, that ain't jambalaya in that bucket.
"Now what?"  What do you mean, now what!  Have you never taken care of shellfish before????  Hello???  You would go catch 5 lbs of shrimp and then treat them this way.  Your wife would shoot you (along with my Mother) if ever such an offense happened with shrimp or lobsters.  Crayfish are no different.  Ice is your friend, super genius.  And GOOD JOB dingle-berry, she is completely turned off by you even thinking on catching anymore.  "Don't bring home any of those disgusting bugs-EVER again!"  Sound familiar??  If this has been you, you still have time to repent and make amends.  Let's start from the beginning.  Let's start with the Basics and do things right.  Be the hero and HELP PROTECT ARIZONA WATERWAYS!

AHH, now doesn't that look better?  Now let's get CRACKIN!!!