And Now: Here's A Video Of Lobster Cannibalism
It's a lobster-eat-lobster world in the Gulf of
The changing ecology in the Atlantic waters isn't only impacting the baby lobsters. The price of lobster meat is lowest since the great depression, at around $2.72 per pound. And the haul is the biggest, with 126 million pounds of lobster caught in 2012.
This peak, plus the cannibalism of young lobsters, could lead to an eventual drought of the lobster species, Mother Jones reports.
Climate Desk visited with lobster researcher Noah Oppenheim to talk about the threats to Maine's the lobster population — including other, cannibalistic lobsters.
Watch the campy video below to see the lobster-on-lobster action. The best bit is at around the two minute mark, when you see the savage murder of a baby lobster.
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