Baby lobsters can be from multiple fathers. Lobsters are serial monogamists, having one exclusive, but very short-term, relationship after another. Lobsters are omnivores and typically eat live prey such as fish, mollusks, other crustaceans, worms, and some plant life.
They scavenge if necessary and eat their shed skin after moulting. Their teeth are in their stomachs, located a very short distance from the mouth. Lobsters use complicated signals to explore their surroundings and establish social relationships. They take long-distance seasonal journeys and can cover miles or more each year. They can regenerate lost claws, walking legs, and antennae, though it can take several years. Lobsters are threatened by overfishing.
They are commonly harvested for human consumption. More than 20 million are consumed each year in the United States alone. They are among the most heavily harvested creatures in the sea. They generally prefer to live in self-dug burrows, in rocky crevices, or hidden among sea grasses. Lobsters must shed their shells in order to grow, and some species can live to be 50 years old or more, growing continually throughout their lives.
Lobsters have not always been considered chic eats. In 17th- and 18th-century America, they were so abundant in the northeast that they were often used as fertilizer. Laws were even passed forbidding people to feed servants lobster more than twice a week.
However, improvements in U. Populations of commercially important lobster species are thought to be declining, and overfishing, particularly of clawed lobsters in Europe, is taking a toll.
Additionally, pollution is causing shell rot and other illnesses in normally disease-resistant species. All rights reserved. Common Name: American lobsters. Scientific Name: Homarus americanus. Type: Invertebrates. Diet: Omnivore. Size: Up to 3. Sometimes lobsters have to be put back in the ocean. Most of the time, lobstermen will put mother lobsters back into the ocean; and also the smaller, younger lobsters.
Sometimes they put the very big lobster back too. They do this to be sure there will always be enough lobsters in the ocean and enough for fishermen to catch and people to eat. This is called conservation. Lobster Institute. Lobsters are benthic, which means they live on the bottom of the salty, cold ocean.
Photo by Bangor Daily News. A bullet l , cull c and regular lobster l. Photo by Newport Lobster. Lobsters come in many colors. All of them turn red when cooked, except the albino or white lobsters.
Lobster Institute photo. A lobsterman catches lobsters in a trap. If the lobster is too small, he puts it back in the water as a conservation tool Lobster Institute photo. Tel: Like all arthropods, the nervous system of a lobster is very primitive, and contains far fewer nerve cells than our nervous systems. The nerve cells are grouped in clusters called ganglia. Further, a lobster has no cerebral cortex, the area of the human brain that gives the perception of pain. Lobsters have special gills that allow them to survive out of water.
If they are kept cool and damp, lobsters could probably survive out of water up to a week - but we wouldn't recommend eating them!
In , The National Institutes of Health tested lobster for cholesterol content and found that it was just as low in cholesterol, fat and calories as chicken and turkey. Just watch out for the drawn butter! Though the tomalley the light green substance found in the lobster's body is a delicacy for some, the Maine Lobster Promotion Council advises against eating it. As the tomalley is the liver and pancreas of the lobster, contaminants such as dioxins might have entered the system from the environment.
In , Bill Atwood's grandfather, a lobster fisherman from Nova Scotia, moved his family to Boston where Bill's father soon started a wholesale lobster business on Atlantic Avenue. Mazzetta Company specializes in frozen seafood products, one of it's largest items being frozen lobster.
By purchasing this wonderful facility on the coast of Maine, Mazzetta Company has moved into a position of complete vertical integration.
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