Lobster+(langosta)


 * Lobster

General information** Lobster is the name of a few animals that live at the depths of the ocean. They are crustaceans, hard shelled animals with segmented bodies and legs. People around the world love to eat lobsters because of their delicious white meat in their claws and tail. 1. In the book __The Cay,__ Timothy refers to Lobsters as //Langosta.//

Lobsters have their teeth in their stomach. Their stomach is a short distance from the mouth. The food is chewed in the stomach with three grinding surfaces that look like molar surfaces. Lobsters usually eat live food, consisting of fish mollusks, other crustaceans (sometimes worms) and sometimes plant life. Sometimes, the will eat leftovers and sometimes might act as cannibals in large groups; but this has not been seen in the wild. Lobster skin in some stomachs has been found, although this is because lobsters will sometime eat their skin after molting, shedding. 3.
 * How do lobsters eat and digest?**

There are many different kinds of lobsters. For example, the American lobster. The American lobster is a commerical lobster because some restaurants that serve lobster show off its meat to get customers. Another kind of lobster is the Clawed lobster. Spiny lobsters are lobsters that have sharp spines on their shells. Lobsters that have a flattened shape to them are slipper lobsters. 1) Females carry thousands of eggs attached to their swimmerets. Depending on water temperatures, the eggs will remain attached for about a year on average. Only .1% of the eggs will make it over six weeks after being layed.
 * Kinds of lobsters**
 * //3) this is a picture of a lobster.//**
 * Eggs**

Small lobsters (less than 1-1/2 inches) hide in and around sea weed and rocky places that provide healthy food and shelter from predators. Adolescent lobsters (1-1/2 inches to 3- 1/2 inches) dominate coastal habitats and offshore habitats. Faster, stronger lobsters may live in deeper waters and may come back seasonally to shallow and hotter waters. 2. **1//) Here is a drawing of a lobster//**.
 * Where are Lobster's Live?**

Molting is when a lobster sheds. A lobster molts once in its lifetime. After molting, a lobster might eat its skin. It may usually take 14-30 days. The lobster's larva will molt while still in the egg 4.
 * Molting**

Most lobsters companys come from the north-eastern coast of North America and the Canadian Maritime provinces and Maine being the largest producers. They are usually caught using lobster traps. 3.
 * The Lobster Industry**

Lobster traps are rectangular square shaped cages made of vinyl-coated (plastic)galvanized steel mesh with hand made entrances.These are then lowered to the sea floor. They allow a lobster to enter easily, but make it difficult for the larger lobsters to turn around and exit. This allows the creatures to be captured alive. Lobsters can easily escape the trap, and will defend the trap against other lobsters because it is a source of food. According to the University of New Hampshire, only 10% of lobsters that find a trap will enter and only 6% of them, will be caught. 3.
 * How are Lobsters caught?**

In North America, in the 1900s,lobster was not a popular food. In coastal areas,especially in the Maritmes provinces of Canada, eating lobster was considered a sign of poverty. In some parts of the Maritime provinces of Canada, lobster was used as a fertilizer for farmers' fields, and a great deal of lobster was fed to slaves or low class people. Outside of the rural areas, outports lobster was sold canned, losing much of its flavour, which can be disguised if the lobster is dipped in butter. 3.
 * Eating Lobster**

1. http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar328060&st=lobster 2. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/faq/fishfaq7.html 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster 4. http://www.lobstermanspage.net/lobstrs/lfacts.html
 * //To the left is a picture of a present-day cooked lobster. 4.//**
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1.http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/lobster.gif 2.http://www.seafood.co.nz/imagelibrary/species/Rocklob2.gif 3.http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=lobster&FORM=BIRE#focal=ac8067d045f5006187b421c07f6b3d63&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fdomesticgoddess.typepad.com%2Fdomestic_goddess%2Flobster.jpg 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster
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