JoANNE YOUNG
Lincoln Journal Star
Monte Conrad thought he might be seeing a virgin birth in this month of Christmas, so he named his southeast Lincoln shop's pet crawfish Mary.
Most of the crawfish who come to Conrad's Surf & Turf Food Co. in the spring and summer get sold, boiled and gobbled up at graduation parties and other outdoor events.
But usually a few escape that fate, and come to live in the store in a 9-by-12-inch Tupperware-like container with enough water to cover their exoskeleton and a white plastic tube they can hide in from the more aggressive among them.Â