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Lobsters actually come in just about every color but red. They can be blue, light yellow, greenish-brown, grey, dusty orange, calico and even have spots. However, they all turn red when cooked.
How times have changed! While lobsters today are considered a delicacy, in Colonial times they were considered “poor man’s food” and served only to children, prisoners and indentured servants.
After a lobster hatches from its egg, it is extremely vulnerable. Of the more than 10,000 eggs the female will lay, only 10 may make it through the first month of life. It doesn't get easier. The young lobster must shed its shell (molt) numerous times in its first year, leaving itself open to cannibalism and predation. The lobster must molt to grow, and although the need slows as the lobster gets older, it will continue to molt and grow throughout its lifetime. Until the lobster reaches a suitable size (usually when it is 4 years old, depending on water temperature), it remains hidden in its shelter, feeding on food that drifts by. Even a mature lobster remains wary of predators and prefers a solitary, nocturnal life