What is the red stuff you find inside along the tail of cooked lobster?
Can you eat it? This reddish “coral” as it is called is lobster roe or eggs. Some consider it a gourmet treat. Back to the top. What do lobsters eat? Lobsters usually hunt for food at night. It was once thought that lobsters were scavengers and ate primarily dead things. However, researchers have discovered that lobsters catch mainly fresh food (except for bait) which includes fish, clams, mussels, crabs, sea urchins and sometimes even other lobsters! There are, however, many fish that eat baby lobsters. Back to the top. What is the difference between a hard shell and soft shell lobster? Lobsters will periodically shed their shells as they grow. This can happen as many as 25 times before they are 6-7 years old; then males shed every year and mature, females every two years. When lobsters become very large molting is less frequent. After they shed they have a paper thin shell, which can take up to two months to harden, and are called soft-shell, new shell or shedders. The debate goes on
