An invasive species of crayfish that reproduces by cloning itself was discovered last summer in a Burlington, Ont., park — the first time the marbled crayfish has been identified in the wild in North America.
Since then, a group of experts has been working to stop the species from spreading.
The crayfish are in City View park, on Burlington’s southwest border with Hamilton.
Brook Schryer, a member of the working group responding to the detection, told CBC Hamilton that it seems the population was contained after the pond was drained.
“We are confident that this is the only location with marbleds presently,” he said in an interview this
