It was a beautiful day for this year’s annual crawfish and shrimp boil, at RG Miller | DCCMs new location.  Employees, along with their guests, enjoyed an afternoon outdoors and experienced the true southern delicacy of “mudbugs.”  This event has become a favorite company tradition for RG Miller staff, who excitedly anticipate its return each year! 

 Here are some “Fun Facts” about crawfish you might not know: 

• Native Americans were the first to eat crawfish long before the Europeans arrived.
• There are more than 500 species of crawfish found throughout the world, and more than 350 of those live in the United States; however, of these only (2) species are harvested and eaten.
• Crawfish have eight pairs of legs, (4) are used for walking forward, and four are used for swimming backward.
• Crawfish reach adult size in about 4 years but can live up to 30 years in the wild.
• Crawfish have been on Earth for a very long time. In fact, the earliest found crawfish fossil is 30 million years old, and they have found crawfish burrows dating back 100 million years in Australia.
• Speaking of Australia, while most crawfish in the U.S. grow to 3-4 inches, there are species Down Under that grow to 15.5 inches and weigh more than 8 pounds – and no, they are not lobsters!