the secret life of lobsters by trevor corson

I did learn some interesting things (like the fascinating role pheromones play in lobster mating-sounds dry but it was actually the most interesting part of the book! Or the fact that lobsters have open circulatory systems, meaning that their blood flows through body cavities rather than inside veins. The casual reader of microhistories might not enjoy. Hmm, not especially recommended, unless you are especially obsessed with lobsters. Read 2011, totally rewritten June 30th 2019 in view of memories that returned when tonight's date insisted I have lobster at the island's most expensive yada yada, but I had snapper instead. He never knew, but I told my ex who ever afterwards cooked his smelly lobsters by me and never had to share them with his sisters again. I discreetly fed the whole lobster bit by bit to the cat who stayed under the table under the chocolate cheesecake dessert came (I wasn't sharing that). The captain insisted I have the most expensive item on the menu, lobster, despite my protests. The reason I didn't like lobster, which he knew, was I had a job sailing and the captain had insisted I come out with him to the most expensive restaurant on the island at that time. If he took it home his mother and sisters would all want a share, he said. One of the reason my ex-husband liked me was because when he caught a lobster, especially a weird local one called the slipper lobster which is supposed to be the best and sweetest variety, he would come by me to cook it and eat the whole thing. Its as entertaining as it is interesting and if I did eat lobster, I never would again. The book is written from three perspectives: the fishing business, marine scientists and the lobsters' own extremely complicated and interesting lives. So while the alpha males are going at it, he slips down into the ladies' homes, they live in holes in the sand, and gets it on and is home safe before the big, muscly males have even recovered from their latest fight. However, there's always the sly, sleek, attractive one, jack-the-lad whose never going to be big enough to enter the sex wars. The biggest lobsters fight brutally to gain dominance and have their choice of females - the females admire muscles in their men. Lobsters have the most amazing sex lives.

The secret life of lobsters by trevor corson