AMERICAN LOBSTER

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AMERICAN LOBSTER
BY Eric Zolnowski
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Description of the American Lobster

• It can weigh from 25 pounds to 42 pounds.
• The average size of lobsters have been
  decreasing.
• After 5 years they have molted more than 25
  times.

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More characteristics

• They scavenge on the ocean floor invertebrates,
  such as mollusks or sea worms.
• They also eat small fishes, alive or dead, and
  even plant matter occasionally.

• They have also been known to feed on other
  lobsters.
• They have two claws that can approach the weight
  of the rest of the body.

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Habitat

• They live near the shores of Maine, New England
  and California. Hides out in holes in rocks. All
  slow-moving organisms, such as mussels, clams,
  sea urchins, crabs, starfish, worms and small
  fish, serve as food for the lobster.

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Annual catch.

• In 1983 the United States and Canada caught over
  47,665 metric tons of American Lobster.

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Autonomy

• They have the unique attribute of being able to
  lose appendages at their own will and then later
  regenerate the appendages.

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Caught by lobster traps usually in depths from 10
feet to 200 feet on the continental slope.
Cannabalistic claws must be pegged. Can molt its
shell 12 times its first year, less often after
that.
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LOCATION
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