How can you tell whether a lobster is male or female?
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loranglorang
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In a male the first pair of swimmerets ("swimming legs") are hard and bony, and in a female they are feathery and soft. The female's tail is wider, and the female has a rectangular plate between her second pair of walking legs which the males lack. There is a labelled diagram which points out swimmerets at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Lobsterprintout.shtml , and a photograph of the different ones for male and female at http://www.lobstermanspage.net/lobstrs/lfacts.html .
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Sorry, all I know it they taste delicious!
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