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One of the most curious sea creatures is the lobster. It belongs to crustaceans, and among its relatives can be called crayfish, shrimp and spiny lobsters. There are three varieties of lobster. North American lobsters, found along the Atlantic coast from Labrador to North Carolina, are the largest lobsters. The next largest is the European lobster, which is found off the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The smallest of the lobsters is African, you can meet him in the area of the Cape of Good Hope.

The body of the lobster is protected by a hard shell, which is usually dark green in color, turning red when the crayfish is boiled. The front part of the shell is almost monolithic, and then there are seven segments, the last of which forms the tail. Lobsters have four pairs of legs for locomotion. Two pairs of them have small claws at the ends. In front, he has large claws, which rather play the role of arms rather than legs. One of them is very thick and massive and serves to crack fragile objects. The other is smaller, curved and equipped with a large number of sharp teeth. The lobster uses this claw to grab prey or an enemy.

Lobsters usually move along the bottom of the sea, balancing on the tips of their legs, designed for walking. If scared, they can make large, up to 7,5 meters, jumps in the water in the opposite direction. They rapidly move in the opposite direction, powerfully rowing with a tail equipped with blades. The female lobster lays between 5 and 100 eggs. She bears them for about ten months. All this time they are attached under her tail. As soon as the offspring is born, the mother drives them away from her, and they begin an independent life. But how does a lobster grow, having a hard shell?

A lobster molts throughout its life. This means that he sheds his shell as soon as he grows out of it. In the first year of its existence, the lobster molts from fourteen to seventeen times, but, having become older, it no longer molts more than once a year. The little lobster swims at the surface of the water for six to eight weeks, and during this period it easily becomes the prey of other creatures. If he survives, he eventually sinks to the bottom and makes his home there in shallow water.

Author: Likum A.

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