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cool fact about lobsters...
- Thread starter SIR SNAFALAFEGUS
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Did You Know:<P>- A lobster feels pain when being cooked or boiled alive<P>- Lobsters carry their young for nine months<P>- Lobsters can use complicated signals like dolphins to communicate<P>- Some lobsters are right handed where as others are left-handed<P>- A single lobster can cover 100 miles or more in a year<P>- When eaten, lobsters are sometimes contaminated by runoff and bacteria<P>- When unharmed, a lobster can live 145 years or more<P><IMG SRC=http://www.usalights.com/lighthousesplus/images/socks-lobster.jpg>
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SIR SNAFALAFEGUS:<BR><B>It takes 7 years to grow a one pound lobster. isn't that amazing</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>And about 15 minutes to eat two or three he he he tasty little bugs arent they???<P>I think it depends on what type of lobster the pacific (like we have in California) grow pretty quickly, while the cold water eastcoast brothers are fairly slow (but they have the add benifit of those tasty/huge claws), and the biggest the Australian Blue lobsters I belive grow the fastest.<P>They feel pain when you boil them huh?How could you know this? Their brian is smaller than a pea, I dont think they do, afterall they are a exoskeleton, but if they do its over in a second or less,and its not like you could give them a leathal injection..<BR><p>[This message has been edited by 'fish (edited 05-04-2002).]
Doing various searches it seems that the cooking websites claim that lobsters feel no pain, the PETA type websites insist they do and the scientific websites are in debate.<BR>I figure that if it's alive then it can feel pain.<BR>I also learned that some species of lobster have monogamous partners so when you find two huddled under a shelf take them both or one will be lonely.<P><img src=http://home1.gte.net/gersona/lobsters.jpg>
One of the few times I was upset about something and wrote a letter about it had to do with a lobster. I was in Lazy Acres market in SB and in the lobster tank was a lobster that was over 60 years old. This thing survived over 6 decades avoiding lobster traps and predators. It was a freak of nature and they were selling it for someones dinner plate. It was HUGE and it cost around $200. The claws were bigger than my hands. It had a pretty cool ending though. Some lady from UCSB bought it for an aquarium. Some things just belong in the ocean and shouldn't be removed.
Captainn- THat brings back memories. My sister is into animal rights and she was so upset with Lazy acres that she couldnt go into the store without crying. She attempted to get the store to buy bigger aquariums and make it more tolerable living conditions on "death row". Needless to say she moved away and is not here.<P>As for lobster, there have been so many times during the summer (not lobster season) when I can get a legal sized Lobster, a lot of them. Since I caught a white sea bass two years ago and I watched it die Ive decide that I do not eat anything that is not domesticised (sp) so i dont spearfish anymore, I just snorkle and look at the beauty. Im not telling anyone to go vegetarian, just try to cut back on the waistfullness of our resources
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Captainn:<BR><B> Some things just belong in the ocean and shouldn't be removed.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>I like to break out the poles myself but I wish people would let these creatures be(I know, I know, It's gotta be a huge thrill...but still)<P><img src=http://www.outdoorsmansguide.com/picture/1000lb%20billfish.jpg><BR>
Tri fins, you're bummin me out. I'm off lobster for good. The stuff's over rated anyway.<P><BR>One cool looking lobsters is the extremely rare blue lobster, believed to be about 1 out of every 2,000,000:<BR>
<P>-lobster blood is clear<BR>-they can regenerate legs and antennae. They sometimes cut off their limbs to escape situations.<P>-they can be deformed<BR>
<P><p>[This message has been edited by Captainn (edited 05-04-2002).]
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Matt, that's pretty cool. I still spearfish and I truly enjoy it, but there's nothing like just enjoying what's underneath the water when the visibility is really clear. I remember you mentioning you've only speared one fish. I'm very conservative when it comes to spearfishing. I think you should only take what you need, and most of the time I don't spear anything. I've never had the urge to catch a marlin or a shark (sport fishing I guess you can call it). It really bums me out to see people taking those gigantic and really old animals from the ocean.
ive fished before when threses no waves. and i think its prettey fun but i never take more fish then what me and my friends are going to want to eat. One day this one guy caught about 30 lincold none were legal size but he kept every single one. Thats how you take all the fish out of the ocean and starve everyone.
When Mongolians fish for taimen, a gigantic river fish indigenous to neighboring Siberia, they often forgo regular bait and toss a mouse or ground squirrel in the water instead<P><img src=http://www.mongoliatoday.com/images/1/fishing.jpg>
Give me a break. Lobster is the best damned tasting food around. When you are feeling sorry for seafood's pain that is going a little too far. Damn I thought the tree huggers in Santa Cruz were bad, but I've never EVER heard anyone bitch about a fish being cooked... <P>BRING ON THE LOBSTERS!!!!!
Back in the day "Freaks" made a living traveling the country. What do they do now? Better health care? Less exploitation? All the bearded ladies have shaved?<P><img src=http://www.ratso.net/freaks.jpg><P>
That's alot more than I ever knew about lobsters. There's so much to know. I think I'll just stick with the fork, knife, and some warm butter.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stinkeye:<BR><B>Give me a break. Lobster is the best damned tasting food around. When you are feeling sorry for seafood's pain that is going a little too far. Damn I thought the tree huggers in Santa Cruz were bad, but I've never EVER heard anyone bitch about a fish being cooked... <P>BRING ON THE LOBSTERS!!!!!</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'm not feeling sorry for lobsters, just discussing them. Personally I think lobster is overated but lobster fisherman are some of the most hardcore surfers around so it's good to support them. I like sushi myself.<P>Here is a rad photo of some protesters:<P><img src=http://www.peta-online.org/kids/grrr301/gillobstbig.jpg><P>
Come on guys!! You're joking, right?<P>You feel sorry for the lobsters ????........<BR>All of you make mi sick
<P>Why don´t you use your time for claiming some really serious matters as:<P>-USA supporting to the new ****s (Israel)<BR>-Your false freedom concept that's turning the "Land of the free" into the "Land of the Guns".<BR>-Is USA going to take care of the third world at last.<P>