Here is a couple of interesting lobster facts for those who like to eat lobsters.

The first lobster fact that you should know is that lobster belong under the Phylum called Arthropoda which is under Class Crustacea. Their defense mechanism is their sturdy exoskeleton and they down have notochord. Lobsters are ten-legged crustaceans closely related to shrimp and crabs.

Another lobster fact is lobsters have poor eyesight. Their eyes are compound eyes, it consist of hundred of lenses joined together on the ends of pair of jointed organs called stalks. Despite the poor eyesight, they have developed senses of taste and smell through the four small antennae on the front of their heads. The tiny sensory hairs along their legs are used for tasting.

Lobsters love to eat live prey such as mollusks and small fishes which makes them total scavengers. Their favorite time to hunt food is during the night. They end up eating plant life such as algae if these lobsters become too many. The gastric mill is where they chew their food and it is actually found in their stomach.

Another lobster fact is that they molt. Whenever they need to have a bigger shell, they molt since their shells are not really capable of growing. Before they shed the old shell, they form a thin one underneath. To make the shedding faster and easier, lobsters produce an enzyme which makes the old shell a lot softer. Once the old shell is soft enough, they will begin to shake it off while absorbing water so that they will grow. Each molting will make them grow around 20%. After the molting process, lobsters eat their old shell to replenish the calcium they lost and speed up the hardening of the new shell. It takes 6-8 weeks for the new shells to solidify which is why lobsters prefer to stay in their hiding places during this time.

One lobster fact that you might find fascinating is that they can re-grow their antenna, legs and claws. In fact they can amputate their own claws and legs to escape danger though it may take 3 to 4 cycles for claws to regenerate. Lobsters also use complicated signals to establish social relationships. They even sometimes walk hand in hand.

The last interesting lobster fact is that they have a wide variety of colors. There are times where in lobsters can have more than one colors but will still turn red once they are cooked.