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  2. 'Friends' got it wrong — turns out lobsters don't mate for life

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    Lobsters, by nature, are not monogamous and do not pair for life," he explained in a statement. "A dominant male will actually mate with multiple females during encounters that last days to weeks.

  3. Monogamy in animals - Wikipedia

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    The female will close herself up in a nest cavity, sealed with a nest plug, for two months. At this time, she will lay eggs and will be cared for by her mate. The males are willing to work to support himself, his mate, and his offspring in order for survival; however, unlike the emperor penguin, the hornbills do not find new partners each ...

  4. Baby Lobsters Being Released Into the Wild Look Like the ...

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    The lobster life cycle begins with an adult, hard-shelled male, about five to seven years of age, mates with a newly-mounted female. After egg spawning, a female lobster will carry the eggs ...

  5. Lobster - Wikipedia

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    Lobster is also used in soup, bisque, lobster rolls, cappon magro, and dishes such as lobster Newberg and lobster Thermidor. Cooks boil or steam live lobsters. When a lobster is cooked, its shell's color changes from brown to orange because the heat from cooking breaks down a protein called crustacyanin , which suppresses the orange hue of the ...

  6. Animal sexual behaviour - Wikipedia

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    The male that wins a fight may also have the chance to mate with a larger number of females and will therefore pass on his genes to their offspring. [ 3 ] Historically, it was believed that only humans and a small number of other species performed sexual acts other than for reproduction, and that animals' sexuality was instinctive and a simple ...

  7. American lobster - Wikipedia

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    Lobsters have two urinary bladders, located on either side of the head. Lobsters use scents to communicate what and where they are, and those scents are in the urine. They project long plumes of urine 1–2 meters (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) in front of them, and do so when they detect a rival or a potential mate in the area. [18]

  8. How the lobster became an unlikely status symbol — and a ...

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    Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the world’s strangest delicacy — has long reigned as an unlikely luxury staple.

  9. Polygyny in animals - Wikipedia

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    Gorilla Great reed warbler. When two animals mate, they both share an interest in the success of the offspring, though often to different extremes. Unless the male and female are perfectly monogamous, meaning that they mate for life and take no other partners, even after the original mate's death, the amount of parental care will vary. [7]