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Lobsters reproduce by releasing a bunch of eggs, which hatch and float around near the ocean surface. Maybe as many as 20,000 are released at once, estimates are that as few as one in ten thousand survives to maturity. After hatching they float around as plankton, go through a few larval stages and eventually settle to the ocean floor to begin adult life on the bottom. As with other arthropods, in order to grow, they need to moult - this can be a dangerous time since their skin is soft, and they tend to hide while vulnerable until their new exoskeleton hardens.
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Do lobsters grow on trees?
No
How does a lobster of a grasshoper-both of which are covered with hard shells-grow?
Lobsters and grasshoppers grow by molting.
Why is your lobsters shell soft?
Because every year as lobsters grow they have to shed their shell and grow a new one. The soft shell lobster's are aka "new shell" lobsters, and they haven't had time to toughen up their shell. Hard shell lobsters are aka "old shells" because they shedded a long time ago, and their shell has had almost a year to harden up.
What affects lobsters when they molt?
They become more vonerable to predators but it allows them to grow.
Do the lobster need to be in the lake?
Tasmania has fresh water lobsters and they are the largest freshwater invertebrate on earth. The Blue Lobster can be kept in freshwater tanks and can grow up to one foot in length. Freshwater lobsters are produced in Viet Nam. But, salt water lobsters are in the majority
What kind of organisms live in polluted water?
I read somewhere that lobsters grow well in polluted waters.
Do lobsters ever stop growing?
When they grow, they have to molt their exoskeletons. That is also less accurately described as "shedding their skin".
What are different types of lobsters?
Red lobsters are one of them, the other being the green lobsters
Are lobsters decomposers?
Lobsters are not decomposers. They are consumers.
Are lobsters mammals?
Lobsters are crustaceans and are also aquatic. (life in the water)
Do lobsters eat their young?
Lobsters typically don't eat their own young, but they will eat baby lobsters from other parents. Lobsters often eat their old shell.
Do lobsters live in the nile?
No it does not appear that Lobsters live in the Nile. Lobsters tend to live at the bottom of the ocean.
