biology of lobster

biology of lobster

how long do they live for ?lobsters can live to be more than 100 years old these lobsters meat is very gross to eat and most lobster men will throw the older lobsters back. a normal lobster will live to about 50 years old and there meat isn't that bad but normally a fisherman will not keep them because there shell does not look good of they have things growing on it that effect the price when selling.

do all lobster have claws?There are two kinds of lobsters, and these are commonly referred to as clawed lobsters and spiny lobsters, or rock lobsters. Clawed lobsters include the american lobsters a well-known marine species. Clawed lobsters are generally found in cold waters.

how do lobsters reproduce?females bread every two years the male will carry the sperm cell and plant it into the female. from there the female will carry the sperm until the breading seasons of july and august because it must be warm for theses animals to give birth. the females babies will soon disperse right after birth with the current of the water it will send each of the babies in a different direction.





how can you tell a male from a females?Lobsters have feathery strings called swimmerets underneath their tail. These swimmerets help a lobster swim and are also where a female lobster carries her eggs. Swimmerets show the sex of a lobster. The first pair of swimmerets the pair closest to the head are soft on a female, but hard and bony on a male.females have a rectangle shield underneath her legs witch holds on to the sperm cells and keeps them together.