On an episode of Alton Brown's Good Eats, He mentioned the fact that Lobsters are in fact distant relatives of the cockroach.
2006-12-21 04:55:12 · 15 answers · asked by K A 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
That may be true because the body of a lobster resembles the body of an insect. But somehow they live in the ocean, and people eat them all the time. Go figure.
2006-12-21 13:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by nobodyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, lobsters are not insects.
If you look at the scientific nomenclature...
Lobsters are Animalia, Arthropoda, Crustacea...
Roaches are Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta...
They are both arthropods, but the lobster is a crustacean and the roach in an insect. While there's a relation, it isn't any more of a direct link than any other living thing that is Animalia, Arthropoda, such as the tarantula. And we know that people are VERY adamant about spiders not being insects...
2006-12-21 05:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by T S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No lobsters aren't insects! But Alton was correct, they are related to insects.
Lobster are Crustaceans, and so (along with Insects, Arachnids, & Scorpions) are members of the phylum "Arthropoda", which all share the trait of having "bilaterally symmetrical protostomes with strongly segmented bodies", and most of them have exoskeletons (or bones on the outside instead of on the inside).
Many of them are also very tasty, just like lobster!
2006-12-21 05:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arthropods yes. Insects nope. More closely related to spiders. Arachnids
2006-12-21 05:04:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not insects. They are crustaceans. They are however distant relatives of spiders and various other exoskeleton critters. It may surprise you to know cows are related to dolphins. :)
2006-12-21 05:05:40 · answer #5 · answered by CHARITY S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true.
Lobsters are arthropods, the general family which insects belong to....
2006-12-21 04:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by yodasminion 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I dont really care for the stuff. But I would have to say its the best dern bug I ever ate.
2006-12-21 05:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by danu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crustaceans for sure,they says we came from apes,that doesn't make me a monkey ay
2006-12-21 11:40:03 · answer #8 · answered by TOM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are Not insects they are crustaceans.
2006-12-21 06:11:18 · answer #9 · answered by oldjr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, they live in the ocean right? I think that they are crustaceans.
2006-12-21 04:57:52 · answer #10 · answered by someonestolemyscreenname 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋