The humble Maine Lobster has been exposed as a cannibal

December 3, 2012
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“University of Maine graduate student Noah Oppenheim and advisor Dr. Rick Wahle presented work at “The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem” symposium in Portland, Maine this last week, that showed lobsters prey on themselves in the wild.”

Read a summary of the finds at the National Geographic:

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/03/cannibal-lobsters/

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