Our world is full of amazing and beautiful creatures. These lobsters are just some of them.
Beside the American lobsters that we often see and eat, how many of these creatures have you seen? There are very rare lobsters that come in white, blue, yellow, two-tone colors, and even unisex lobsters.
General Facts about Lobsters
Scientists discovered this creature at 7, 450 feet deep in the South Pacific, which was named Kiwa hirsuta. This lobster was so rare that they've had to create a new species family and genus for it. The white lobster or albino lobster's ratio is 1 in 100 million lobsters.
The fuzzy white lobster is blind, since it has only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of its eyes, and is about 6 inches long with pincers covered with hair-like strands.
Rare Blue Lobster
This lobster was caught two years ago, and has molted to its brightest blue at The Audubon Society in Bristol, Rhode Island. It is said that blue lobsters are a very rare occurrence, about 1 in 5 million ratio.
Beside the American lobsters that we often see and eat, how many of these creatures have you seen? There are very rare lobsters that come in white, blue, yellow, two-tone colors, and even unisex lobsters.
General Facts about Lobsters
- Female lobsters can have from 5,000 to 50,000 eggs depending on her size. A large female can lay up to 100,000 eggs.
- Lobsters shed their shells every year.
- Lobsters are invertebrates. They have no backbone, but exoskeleton, which is the hard outer shell.
- Lobsters have four hard pairs of jointed walking legs, segmented body, a fan tail, sensory antennae, and compound eyes on stalks.
- Most lobsters are active at night.
- Lobsters are carnivores since they eat crabs, snails, mussels, small fishes, and other lobsters.
- Lobsters grow throughout their life.
- The biggest lobster was caught weighting at 44 pounds.
- Lobster can live to be a 100 years old.
Scientists discovered this creature at 7, 450 feet deep in the South Pacific, which was named Kiwa hirsuta. This lobster was so rare that they've had to create a new species family and genus for it. The white lobster or albino lobster's ratio is 1 in 100 million lobsters.
The fuzzy white lobster is blind, since it has only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of its eyes, and is about 6 inches long with pincers covered with hair-like strands.
Rare Blue Lobster
This lobster was caught two years ago, and has molted to its brightest blue at The Audubon Society in Bristol, Rhode Island. It is said that blue lobsters are a very rare occurrence, about 1 in 5 million ratio.