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scuffnstuff: 4 months ago | Last edited at 8:56AM on 1/26/2013

What are the natural preditors of lobsters and do adult lobsters fight each other (winner gets dinner) ?

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FatKenney: 4 months ago

Adult lobsters fight each other. That's why they put rubber bands on their claws In the lobster tank.
*fun fact* Lobsters can be right or left handed (or clawed) just like people. One claw is shorter and thicker than the other and is used for crushing and fighting. The other is longer and thinner and used for grasping things. Some lobsters have their grasping claw on the left and others on the right.

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scuffnstuff: 4 months ago

Do you know if they fight when not in captivity?

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FatKenney: 4 months ago

I'd assume so. But in their natural habitat with the whole ocean floor to roam around in they wouldn't be so crammed in to close proximity with each other. Like many other animals, people included, they resort to fighting to establish their territory and run off would-be invaders.

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crowtrobot: 4 months ago via Android | Last edited at 9:03AM on 1/26/2013

octopi squid and most large bottom feeding fish

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pinkitty: 4 months ago

One natural predator of lobster is ME! Yumyumyum! (', Good eats!

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Keldog: 4 months ago via iPhone

And ME!

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john34621: 4 months ago

Baby lobsters are eaten by any type of crab, fish, or even other lobsters (they are cannibalistic). Adults are also eaten by other larger ones and perhaps conga eels ,sea turtles and of course man.

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