Lobster Friday

Interesting Lobster facts you probably didn't know.

Lobsters were once considered the poor man's chicken. In Colonial times, it was fed to pigs and goats and only eaten by paupers.

Lobsters aren't red. They turn red when cooked, but in nature they can be green or yellow or even bright blue.

Lobsters shed their shells, or molt

.A female lobster can only mate just after she has molted.

Lobsters can swim forward and backward. When they're alarmed, they scoot away in reverse by rapidly curling and uncurling their tails.

Because its nervous system is similar to that of grasshoppers and ants, lobsters are sometimes called "bugs.

"When food is scarce, lobsters can turn cannibal and dine on smaller lobsters.

Lobsters reproduce by laying lobster eggs. The eggs are carried by the female until they're ready to hatch. Lobster eggs are called roe, just like fish eggs.