Photos: Crayfish Eating Contest

A preliminary heat was held in the Crayfish Eating Contest Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Indeed Brewing in Minneapolis. The championship is August 6. Crayfish, an invasive species of freshwater crustaceans in Minnesota, are destroying lakes by eating fish eggs and underwater cabbages that produce oxygen.

July 29, 2022 at 1:56AM
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Aaron Lavinsky

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Aaron Lavinsky is a staff photographer for the Minnesota Star Tribune covering news, sports and everything in between. He joined the visuals staff in 2014.

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