Lobsters Pee In Each Others' Faces (And Other Fun Lobster Facts)

OK, so most people know lobsters by the buttery goodness they find on their dinner plates. But there's so much more to these bottom feeders.

I kid you not, they communicate by peeing in each other's faces

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They disseminate pheromones by peeing out of their heads in the direction of other lobsters.

They come in lots of different colors

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Like blue

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And calico

And orange

And two-tone

They can grow honkin' big

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This fellow at the New England Aquarium is over 20 pounds!

They can be trained

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This guy is doing some target training for food.

They have specialized claws

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Have you ever noticed that their two big claws look a little different from each other? Well, there's the crusher claw and the cutter claw. You can guess what each is used for.

So show these gnarly crustaceans some respect!