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Lobster

LOBSTER A male lobster is called a cock and a female a hen or chicken. Lobsters live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Lobsters come in a variety of colours, they can be blue-green, blue, yellow, red, and white. Some even come in two colours, having half of their shell one colour and the other half a totally different colour. Lobsters can be divided in two groups: clawed and spiny. Clawed lobsters have claws and they inhabit cold waters. Spiny lobsters have long antennas instead of claws and they live in the tropical (warm) waters. Lobsters are ten-legged creatures and they have a brain a nervous system, heart, stomach and intestines just like people. Lobsters grow by moulting, or shedding their shells periodically and they usually hide until new shell is formed. Lobsters eyes are compound eyes, consisting of hundreds of lenses joined together on the ends of pair of jointed organs called stalks. The four small antennae on the front of their heads are used to "smell" their food or chemicals in the water. The tiny sensory hairs along their legs are used to "taste" their food.

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