Lobsters Go to these web sites to find out more about lobsters:
http://www.woodmans.com/100-lobster-facts/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/lobster/
http://maine-lobster.com/lobster-facts
http://offshorelobster.org/main/lobster-facts
http://www.lobstermanspage.net/lobstrs/lfacts.jsp
Find out:
1. What is the Latin name for the lobster? What is another name for the lobster?
2. The lobster is a crustacean. What are three other crustaceans?
3. What do lobsters eat?
4. Where do small lobsters live?
5. A 5-pound female lobster would carry approximately how many eggs?
6. From every 100,000 eggs, about how many lobsters will survive?
7. What is molting?
8. How can you tell how old a lobster is?
9. Lobsters must have a certain carapace size to be caught legally.
What is that size?
10. What are some of the colors of different lobsters?
11. The lobster has no cerebral cortex. What does this mean?
12. How do lobsters smell their food?
Do More Research about Lobsters: Gulf of Maine Aquarium - History of lobsters
http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/allaboutlobsters/lobsterhistory.html
A Lobster's Life -
http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters/allaboutlobsters/society.html
Lobstering - http://www.lobstermanspage.net/lbstrng/lgfact.jsp
http://www.lobstermanspage.net/
Find the picture that shows the parts of the lobster's body at:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Lobsterprintout.shtml
http://www.lobstermanspage.net/lobstrs/lfacts.html
Draw the lobster body parts and label them below.