|
Kingdom   Animal
|
Class   Invertebrate
|
Family   Lobster
 
|
Status   Varies by Species
|
|
Date Updated   Sun Jan 19 21:44:51 2014
|
Image Credit  mLuxa
Image Comment  -
|
Like this? Pin it!
|
|
|
Lobster Images for kids
  
Lobster Activities for kids
Lobster Facts & Trivia for kids
- Lobsters have ten legs.
- Lobsters have large claws on their front pair of legs.
- Lobsters can live a long time, likely over 100 years.
- Lobster species can vary in size from just a few inches to over 3 feet long.
- Lobsters are bottom dwellers.
- Lobster shells do not grow, instead the Lobster molts and forms a new shell.
- There is a Family of animals called Spiny Lobsters that are similar to Lobsters but do not have claws.
- Lobsters breath through gills.
- Lobsters can regenerate lost claws, legs and eyes.
- Adult Lobsters swim backward.
- Lobsters turn red when cooked, they are not bright red when alive.
- Lobsters have three pairs of claws. The large claws on the front pair of legs and small claws on the second and third pair of legs.
-
Lobster Links for kids
|