How many legs does a lobster have?

Lobster legs: Lobsters have 10 lobster legs, with 5 pairs of jointed lobster legs attached to the lobsters thorax region. Lobsters use the 8 back legs to walk.

The front lobster legs have claws called pincers. The larger of the lobsters two claws is called the crusher claw and the smaller claw is called the pincer or cutter claw.

A lobster therefore has 10 legs made up of both the 2 lobster pincers and the 8 back legs.

Lobsters are frequently portrayed as having 8 rather than 10 legs (two front leg claws and four pairs* of lesser legs).

The Lobsters two impressive claws are used for both acquiring food, defense, and in territorial disputes with other lobsters.

Lobsters belong to the phylum Arthropoda and divided into the subphylum Crustacea and dec

Lobsters have several pairs of specialized “mouthpart” appendages that help them manipulate food, chew and grind it up, and sweep it into their mouths.

The lobsters crusher claw can crush any hard shell for the animal, whereas the lobsters pincer claw can slice through soft tissues with sharp edges like a razor.

Lobsters are aquatic arthropods of the Decapoda order.

Lobsters are decapods, and all have 10 legs.

Lobsters have poor vision and can only see explicit media during the night. Lobsters have a strong sense of smell. Lobsters are nocturnal creatures.

The Lobsters legs have chemo-sensors, and the Lobsters small antennae have chemo-receptors which enables the Lobster to detect odors and distant chemical signals.

The lobsters do not have throat and vocal cords.

The lobsters are omnivores and can eat anything their claws grab.

The largest lobster ever caught and recorded was 44 pounds ( 20 kg ) and 3.5 feet ( 107 cm ).

The lobster was spotted in 1977 in Nova Scotia. If left to survive, the American lobster life can reach 100 years.

An average lobster molts 44 times before its first year of birth is over.