Is there a 400 pound lobster out there?
Lobsters are odd creatures. Despite their strange, even grotesque appearance and their nickname as the “cockroaches of the sea,” lobsters are a tasty delicacy enjoyed by humans around the world. But lobsters are also quite sophisticated critters. A lobster’s two claws can come in several different forms (crusher and cutter, two crushers or two cutters). It has four spindly antennae and sensing hairs that allow it to smell amino acid in its prey. And that prey could be a lot of things: lobsters eat up to 100 types of animals and, occasionally, plants. They’re even known to munch on one of their vulnerable lobster brethren, though that’s more common in captivity (it’s also why captive lobsters have rubber bands on their claws). Lobsters sometimes bury their food and eat it over several days. They use teeth located in their
