Lobster lifespan//lobster's life challenges. In this article, I will show you through my article of the lifestyle of lobster lifestyle. how do they survive in the ocean in which conditions they are mating?
Over the millennia, animals who must co-habit with others in
the same territories have in consequence learned many tricks to establish
dominance, while risking the least amount of possible damage. A defeated wolf,
for example, will roll over on its back, exposing its throat to the victory, which
will not then deign to tear it out. The now-dominant wolf may still require a
future hunting partner, after all, even one as pathetic as his now-defeated
foe. Bearded dragons, remarkable social lizards, wave their front legs
peaceably at one another to indicate their wish for continued social harmony.
Dolphins produce specialized sound pulses while hunting and during other times
of high excitement to reduce potential conflict among dominant and subordinate
group members. Such behavior is endemic in the community of living things.
Lobster, scuttling around on the ocean floor, is no
exception. If you catch a few dozen and transport them to a new location, you
can observe their status-forming rituals and techniques. Each lobster will
first begin to explore the new territory, partly to map its details, and partly
to find a good place for shelter. Lobsters learn a lot about where they live,
and they remember what they learn. If you startle one near its nest, it will
quickly zip back and hide there. If you startle it some distance away, however,
it will immediately dart towards the nearest suitable shelter, previously
identified and now remembered.
A lobster needs a safe hiding place to rest, free from
predators and the forces of nature. Furthermore, as lobsters grow, they molt or shed their shells, which leaves them soft and vulnerable for extended
periods of time. A burrow under a rock makes a good lobster home, particularly
if it is located where shells and other detritus can be dragged into place to
cover the entrance, once the lobster is snugly ensconced inside. However, there
may be only a small number of high-quality shelters or hiding places in each
new territory. They are scarce and valuable. Other lobsters continually seek
them out.
This means that lobsters often encounter one another when
out exploring. Researchers have demonstrated that even a lobster raised in
isolation knows what to do when such a thing happens. It has complex defensive
and aggressive behaviors built right into its nervous system. It begins to
dance around, like a boxer, opening and raising its claws, moving backward,
forward, and side to side, mirroring its opponent and waving its opened claws
back and forth. At the same time, it employs special jets under its eyes to
direct streams of liquid at its opponent. The liquid spray contains a max of
chemicals that tell the other lobster about its size, use, health, and mood.
Sometimes one lobster can tell immediately from the display
of claw size that it is much smaller than its opponent, and will back down
without a fight. The chemical information exchanged in the spray can have the
same effect, convincing a less healthy or less aggressive lobster to retreat.
That’s dispute resolution level 1. If the two lobsters are very close in size
and apparent ability, however, or if the exchange of liquid has been
insufficiently informative, they will proceed to dispute resolution level 2. With
antennae whipping madly and claws folded downward, one will advance, and the
other retreat. Then the defender will advance, and the aggressor retreat. After
a couple of rounds of this behavior, the more nervous the lobsters may feel
that continuing is not in his best interest. He will flick his tail
reflexively, dart backward, and vanish, to try his luck elsewhere. If neither
blinks, however, the lobsters move to level 3, which involves genuine combat.
This time, the now enraged lobsters come at each other
viciously, with their claws extended, to grapple. Each tries to flip the other
on its back. A successfully flipped lobster will conclude that its opponent is
capable of inflicting serious damage. It generally gives up and leaves (although
it harbors intense resentment and gossips endlessly about the victor behind
its back). If neither can overturn the other –or if one will not quit despite
being flipped –the lobsters move to level 4. Without forethought: one or both
lobsters will emerge damaged from the ensuing fray, perhaps fatally.
The animal advance on each other with increasing speed. Their
claws are open, so they can grab a leg, or antenna, or an eye-stalk, or anything else exposed and vulnerable. Once a body part has been successfully
grabbed, the grabber will tail-flick backward, sharply, with the claw clamped
firmly shut, and try to tear it off. Disputes that have escalated to this point
typically create winners and losers. The loser is unlikely to survive,
particularly if he or she remains in the territory occupied by the winner, now
a mortal enemy.
In the aftermath of losing a battle, regardless of how
aggressively a lobster has behaved, it becomes unwilling to fight further, even
against another, previously defeated opponent. A vanquished competitor loses
confidence, sometimes for days. Sometimes the defeat can have even more severe
consequences. If a dominant lobster is badly defeated, its brain basically
dissolves. Then it grows a new, subordinate’s brain –one more appropriate to
its new, lowly position. Its original brain just isn’t sophisticated enough to
manage the transformation from king to bottom dog without virtually complete dissolution
and regrowth. Anyone who has experienced a painful transformation after a
serious defeat in romance or career may feel some sense of kinship with the
once-successful crustacean.
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