Official Leon the Lobster thread

14369041:Biffbarf said:
I wonder how big he'll get when he gets a new tank
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Apparently lobsters can be functionally immortal, but what limits them is either predation, or their shells not being able to grow any further
 
14369049:Poindexter.V2 said:
Apparently lobsters can be functionally immortal, but what limits them is either predation, or their shells not being able to grow any further
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That's nuts. Sea creatures are crazy.

Edit: I wonder if pressure from being deep underwater helps them stay smaller, and if being in a shallow tank effects growth at all

**This post was edited on Dec 27th 2021 at 11:40:50am
 
I remember seeing this. Its actually a pretty interesting story. I wonder if there is some kind of plot twist where the guy is actually a serial killer and is feeding bodies bit by bit to his lobster.
 
Oh hes so cute!! Can i hold him for a second :3? Let me just

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14369514:TRVP_ANGEL said:
Oh hes so cute!! Can i hold him for a second :3? Let me just

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*teleports behind you*

not on my watch buddy, you'll be tasting the blade of my katana tonight for dinner.
 
I wonder how Leon will react to his new tankmates. He sure doesn’t seem to like them very much. The sweet new pad isn’t so sweet when you have roommates
 
Agreed, I know nothing about how social lobsters are but he seems to find them as more of an annoyance. I also wonder if he leaves the food when small fish are there because his natural predators are drawn to small fish feeding too

14379538:BrandoComando said:
I wonder how Leon will react to his new tankmates. He sure doesn’t seem to like them very much. The sweet new pad isn’t so sweet when you have roommates
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14379538:BrandoComando said:
I wonder how Leon will react to his new tankmates. He sure doesn’t seem to like them very much. The sweet new pad isn’t so sweet when you have roommates
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14379577:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Agreed, I know nothing about how social lobsters are but he seems to find them as more of an annoyance. I also wonder if he leaves the food when small fish are there because his natural predators are drawn to small fish feeding too
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I wonder how much of it is just discomfort from being alone for so long?
 
14369049:maaattt said:
Apparently lobsters can be functionally immortal, but what limits them is either predation, or their shells not being able to grow any further
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Yeah eventually they die from exhaustion, as moulting is a very energy intensive process and once they get to a size when they can't sustain shedding and growing a new shell they die. But they as well as some reptiles don't become weaker with age the way many animals do.
 
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