Samson the Super Yabbie

Alby's lovely home in Perth contains one very alpha male - Samson the yabbie. Samson was rescued from being beaten up by Brutus, his tank mate, and moved in with Alby. His life with Alby began with only one claw and half his legs.

After shedding recently Samson managed to regrow some of his legs, but was still a one claw man (as you can see in the piccie above). He had also regained some of his confidence, and every time I walked past his tank he would stand up on his hind legs and snip his claw at me to assert his dominance. He is a gorgeous blue colour, which is very a la mode for yabbies (as far as I understand yabbie fashion).

We all fell in love with this little guy who had such a tough beginning in life. You can imagine our delight when we returned from Margaret River to find he had shed again and was now the proud owner of TWO claws!

His left claw still needs to do a little bit of growing, but you have to admire the man!