lobsters aggressive?

[tali122]

lobsters look rather frightening especially the big ones- how aggressive are they?- how bad is their bite from their claw?-is there any type of lobster more aggressive than others?
thx

[andy hughes]

Lobsters are not aggressive excapt in the usual terms of defending a mate, and a territory. Lobsters will use their claws infighting, but mainly as a means to hold their opponent - much of the actual 'fighting' is ritual display, involving spraying urine at each other!

A large lobster claw will gave a human a nasty nip, but this is in gripping and attemtping to escape, rather than a preconceived attempt to inflict pain.

All lobsters enjoy a quiet life, and will avoid conflict if possible, especially smaller ones, who will avoid fights with bigger rivals.

For this reason, a ready-to-mate female will seek out the biggest of her species she can find to mate with, because he will protect her - she mates only after 'moulting' her shell, which leaves her soft body extremely vulnerable to attack until it hardens into a new shell.

[Chappers]

Not agressive? Nasty nip? Dude...when you take a lobster out of a lobster pot you'd better watch out! They will thrash and snap at you...I've seen a lobster get hold of a guys hand before "nipped" to the bone, hand swollen up like mad, blood everywhere...those things are strong and highly aggressive! The bigger they are, the more aggressive they are too! By the time you get them ashore and they are on sale, they have calmed down an awful lot.