09/25/2026
Happy National Lobster Day!!!
Here's some fun lobster facts for ya!
🦞 Worldwide there are 260 species of lobsters but in the USA you'll mainly find these two: American lobster (Homarus americanus) and spiny lobster (Panulirus argus)
🦞 The record weight for an American lobster is 45 pounds!!
🦞 Lobster blood is colorless
🦞 People used to think lobsters were scavengers, primarily eating dead things but research has shown they catch mostly fresh food including fish, crabs, clams, mussels, sea urchins, and sometimes even other lobsters
🦞 Lobsters lay eggs! Depending on the size of the female she can be found carrying around 8,000-10,000 eggs!!
🦞 Lobsters grow by molting which occurs ~25 times in the first 5-7 years of a lobster's life
🦞 Lobsters eat their exoskeletons after molting because they're packed with calcium which helps them re-harden their new bodies!
🦞 Lobsters are capable of limb loss and regeneration! They have "reflex amputation" which allows them to discard a limb much like a lizard and its tail
🦞 Lobsters are *technically* immortal!! They are constantly producing an enzyme called telomerase that has them creating new, ever-youthful DNA indefinitely!! If they evade capture or predation, they usually die from molting complications or the crazy amount of energy it takes to molt as a huge lobster
🦞 Lobsters taste with their legs and chew with their stomachs!! They have fine hairs on their legs to determine what's a yummy snack and then hard grinding surfaces in their stomachs that act as a "gastric mill" (like our molars!)
🦞 Lobsters used to be called "poor man's chicken" and were so plentiful they were used as animal feed. Hard to believe when they're charging $35+ for lobster rolls these days!!
