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How these animals can live for months in the muddy, impure water is to me a puzzle. They are very sluggish, possessing none of the quick motions of their allied C. bartonii, for when taken out and placed either in water or on the ground, they move very slowly. The power of throwing off their claws when these are grasped is often exercised.
There is seldom more than a pint of water in each hole, and this is muddy and hardly suitable to sustain life. The neighboring brooks and springs were inhabited by another species of crayfish, Cambaras bartonii, but although especial search was made for the burrowing species, in no case was a single specimen found outside of the burrows.
C. bartonii was taken both in the swiftly running portions of the stream and in the shallow side pools, as well as in the springs at the head of small rivers. It would swim about in all directions, and was often found under stones and in little holes and crevices, none of which appeared to have been made for the purpose of retreat, but were accidental.
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