Information about Lobster Behavior and Lobster
Habitat Map
But for now let us talk about the more
common lobster that people eat which is the American lobster as well as
European lobster species. As their name, then you should know that they will
life in the area which is similar with their name which both still inside the
Atlantic Ocean area. But then again there are still some tropical lobsters that
people also consume in the tropical region. However, people usually called
those kinds of lobster with different name such as slipper lobster as well as
spiny lobster.
But you should know that the lobster has
close relation with other crustacean such as shrimp as well as crab. Looking at
the lobster habitat map, then you will also
notice that they also like to stay in the under part of the sea. Especially since the under part of the sea is
a better place for them to live as they can get a lot of food as well as place
to hide themselves from danger. Especially since the eyesight of a lobster is
actually in poor condition but they have developed more advanced sense such as
tasting and smelling. For eating, they will choose to feed on mollusk or even
smaller size fish. But sometimes they may also eat plant based food such as
algae or other plants.
This is the reason why they can live very
well in area that is filled with rocks, in the cold area of the Atlantic Ocean
that is on the Northern America location. In this area the water will goes down
from 164 toward 2,296 feet. But then again, you still able to find lobster in
different water area such as freshwater or even area with brackish water.
For the American lobster, you can see
through the lobster habitat map, that they reside
all over the Atlantic coast area still in the northern part of America. That
goes along the Labrador area which is on the northern area then goes towards
Cape Hatteras in the North Carolina area which is on the southern area. But on
different area such as New Jersey especially on the southern area, they are
quite uncommon. Then again on different area like Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,
as well as North Carolina, their population goes around one percent.
For the small size lobster, they will hide
themselves under rock area as you see on lobster habitat map. Usually they will find a lair which mostly consist of rock
which able to protect them from predator. Once they find suitable lair, first
they will poke their claws inside. This is done so they can ensure there is no
danger inside. This also done so the creature that currently resides inside the
lair will go away so they can take that place. Then after the place is empty and
safe, they will use it as their own lair. But to do that, they will enter first
with their back part inside. This is done so they can defend whenever there is
danger approaching. This is also done so they can still take any food that
accidentally came across their lair so they do not even need to leave the
safety that is provided by their lair.
You should know that a lobster will mostly
spend their live inside their lair since it can protect them from danger. Especially
for the younger one as they are still very small as well as vulnerable, thus
they need to quickly find a lair to hide. That is the reason why they might dig
a lair inside mud, sand or the pebbles. Then they will even stay under the lair
for years as they need to protect themselves. But later when they have grow
into adult lobster then they will be able to fight most predators which means
there should be less treats that they need to face. This is the reason bigger
size lobster like to move around more compared to the smaller size lobster. But
even with that they still only have very minimum migration habit even though
they might also like to move along the coastal region.
Even though the bigger size lobster like to
move around more compared to the smaller size lobster, but they still like to
live inside depth area of the sea and then done some migratory behavior by
moving to the warmer water. This is why; when you see on the lobster habitat map they also love to go into
the shore area during the summer season in search for warmer water climate. This
might be the reason why; you think that their habitat is also around the
coastal area then moving along the offshore area.
During their migration period, they will
usually take around 19 miles travel. They actually like to travel along in the
coastal region in area that is near the shore, which actually spread around 918
miles long this is why the travel time might take around 3.5 years to do.
Those are all information that you will
learn when you take a look at the lobster habitat
map. Before jumping in and knowing where they are currently resides, the
first thing that you need to do is to learn their behavior. So you will now
know where to search for them on the map in any season.
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