LOBSTERS AS FOOD
In colonial America, lobster wasn't exactly a delicacy. In fact eating lobster was considered a mark of poverty and that people would bury the shells to hide the fact that they were eating it
Lobster was so cheap and plentiful it was often served to prisoners. They also used lobster as yard fertilizer and fishing bait.
In the early 1900s, Lobster was considered the “cockroach of the ocean” and was synonymous with the poor – often eaten regularly by the homeless, slaves and prisoners. It wasn’t until after World War II that lobster became considered a delicacy and a food associated with the aristocratic classes.
The Lobster War an ironic name given to a clash over spiny lobsters which occurred from 1961 to 1963 between Brazil and France. The three year dispute was because the Brazilian government refused to allow French vessels to catch spiny lobsters 100 miles off the Brazilian coast. No one died during the conflict, which was resolved unilaterally by Brazil, when it extended its territorial waters to a 200-mile zone, taking in the disputed lobsters' beds.
George the Lobster was captured off the coast of Newfoundland in December 2008 and sold to the City Crab and Seafood restaurant in Park Avenue South for $100. He arrived at the restaurant on New Year's Eve and got his 15 minutes of fame when an animal rights group lobbied for the crustacean’s freedom. George - who was believed to be 140 years old - was released back into the ocean.
Senators Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine drafted a joint resolution in 2014 designating September 25th of every year as National Lobster Day in the USA. The day is designed to recognize not only the lobster industry but also the men and women who work so hard in that industry to bring lobsters to America’s tables.
Lobster liver is called 'Tomalley' and is considered a delicacy in many places.
Commercial lobstermen make a v-notch in the tail flippers of egg-bearing female lobsters they encounter while fishing as a means to identify and protect a known breeder. The v-notch remains in the female’s flipper after she has hatched her eggs which protects her from harvest through additional molts.
Lobsters don't scream in pain when you cook them. The noise you hear is air that's been trapped in the stomach and forced through the mouth.
A lobster's blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
About one in every four million lobsters is born with a rare genetic defect that turns it blue.
A lobsters brain is located in its throat, its nervous system in its abdomen, and its kidneys in its head.
Lobster liver is called 'Tomalley' and is considered a delicacy in many places.
Commercial lobstermen make a v-notch in the tail flippers of egg-bearing female lobsters they encounter while fishing as a means to identify and protect a known breeder. The v-notch remains in the female’s flipper after she has hatched her eggs which protects her from harvest through additional molts.
Lobsters don't scream in pain when you cook them. The noise you hear is air that's been trapped in the stomach and forced through the mouth.
ANATOMY
A lobster's blood is colorless but when exposed to oxygen it turns blue.
About one in every four million lobsters is born with a rare genetic defect that turns it blue.
A lobsters brain is located in its throat, its nervous system in its abdomen, and its kidneys in its head.
The teeth of a Lobster are located in their stomach. Their food is chewed there between three grinding surfaces.
Lobsters' brains are the same size as the tip of a ball point pen.
The lobster hears using its legs and tastes with its feet.
Lobsters breathe with the gills at the base of their legs.
A male lobster’s bladder is located in it’s head - When two males fight, they squirt each other in the face with urine.
Telling the age of a lobster is difficult, but they are thought to live up to 100 years.
Lobsters tend to favor one front limb, meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed.
Lobsters have a large crusher claw and a smaller pincer claw. It seems equally likely that the large claw will be on the right or left side.
One lobster claw can exert pressure of up to 100 pounds per square inch.
A one-clawed lobster is called a cull. A lobster without claws is a 'pistol'.
If a lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
Flip a lobster on its back, and you'll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane. This membrane is the toughest material of all natural hydrogels, including collagen, animal skins, and natural rubber. It is about as strong as industrial rubber composites, such as those used to make car tires, garden hoses, and conveyor belts.
According to the Guinness World Records, the largest lobster ever caught was in Nova Scotia, Canada, weighing 44.4 pounds (20.15 kms)
Lobsters emigrate by walking in long queues on the sea bed each holding on to the shell of the one in front to reduce water resistance.
The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.
French writer Gérard de Nerval (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) had a pet lobster he would take for walks in Paris. He used a blue silk ribbon as a leash. De Nerval called them “peaceful, serious creatures” and that they didn’t “bark” or “gnaw upon one's monadic privacy” like dogs did.
An Octopus named "Inky" escaped an aquarium in New Zealand in April 2016 by slipping out of his tank, scuttling across the floor and sliding down a 164 foot drain pipe that dropped him into Hawke’s Bay, on the east coast of North Island.
Lobsters shed their shells in order to grow. Female lobsters only mate after losing their shell.
After molting, a lobster often eats its own shell which is a valuable source of calcium.
Sources Phys, Daily Express
Lobsters' brains are the same size as the tip of a ball point pen.
The lobster hears using its legs and tastes with its feet.
Lobsters breathe with the gills at the base of their legs.
A male lobster’s bladder is located in it’s head - When two males fight, they squirt each other in the face with urine.
Telling the age of a lobster is difficult, but they are thought to live up to 100 years.
Lobsters tend to favor one front limb, meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed.
Lobsters have a large crusher claw and a smaller pincer claw. It seems equally likely that the large claw will be on the right or left side.
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One lobster claw can exert pressure of up to 100 pounds per square inch.
A one-clawed lobster is called a cull. A lobster without claws is a 'pistol'.
If a lobster loses an eye, it will grow another one.
Flip a lobster on its back, and you'll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane. This membrane is the toughest material of all natural hydrogels, including collagen, animal skins, and natural rubber. It is about as strong as industrial rubber composites, such as those used to make car tires, garden hoses, and conveyor belts.
According to the Guinness World Records, the largest lobster ever caught was in Nova Scotia, Canada, weighing 44.4 pounds (20.15 kms)
BEHAVIOR
Lobsters emigrate by walking in long queues on the sea bed each holding on to the shell of the one in front to reduce water resistance.
The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.
French writer Gérard de Nerval (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) had a pet lobster he would take for walks in Paris. He used a blue silk ribbon as a leash. De Nerval called them “peaceful, serious creatures” and that they didn’t “bark” or “gnaw upon one's monadic privacy” like dogs did.
An Octopus named "Inky" escaped an aquarium in New Zealand in April 2016 by slipping out of his tank, scuttling across the floor and sliding down a 164 foot drain pipe that dropped him into Hawke’s Bay, on the east coast of North Island.
Lobsters shed their shells in order to grow. Female lobsters only mate after losing their shell.
After molting, a lobster often eats its own shell which is a valuable source of calcium.
Sources Phys, Daily Express
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