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Lobster Kings!!!

BUT WHAT COLOR ARE THEY UNDERWATER? Lobsters suck!!!!!Lobsters are really red. Lobsters come in just about every color red. They can be blue, light yellow, greenish-brown, gray, dusty orange, some calico, and some with spots. However, they all turn red when they hit hot water. The hot water cuts the link between astaxanthin, (something i've never heard of), a red substance contained in the lobster's shell, and protein which in cold water brings out the predominant coloring. they really suck!!!!!!!!! HOW DO THEY EAT? The teeth of a lobster are in its eyes. The stomach is located a very short distance from the mouth, and the food is actually chewed in the stomach between three grinding surfaces that look like molar surfaces, called the "gastric mill". (yummmmmm!!!) Lobsters "smell" theijr food by using four small antennae on the front of their heads and tiny sensing hairs that cover their bodies. Their sense of smell is so great that they can sniff out a single amino acid that tags their favorite food. They can also smell a Lobster King from 1,000 miles away!!!!!(we are the lobster kings) SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST? THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT! A freshly laid lobster egg is the size of the head of a rhino (1/16"). A 1-pound female lobster usually carries approximately 8000 eggs. A 9-pound female may carry more than 100,000 eggs. The female lobster carries the eggs inside for 9 to 12 months and then for another 9 to 12 months externally attached to the swimmerets under her tail. When the eggs hatch, the larvae will float near the surface for 4 to 6 weeks. The few that survive will settle to the bottom and continue to develop as baby lobsters. From every 50,000 eggs only 2 lobsters are expected to survive to legal size. Lobster babies swim at water surface for 25 days. Only one percent make it to the bottom. These young lobsters shed their shells about ten times in their first year(sad isn't it?). Kinda like sex-ed huh?

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