I was monitoring a lobster and noticed it was clearly resonating through its carapace (just ahead of its tail section in the spot they're easily held). Everything on the web seems to focus on them using their antennae and file, is this a common communication mechanism as well? attached is a snippet where he seemed to "tell me off" before walking back into his mangrove.
Arvind Singh
Please have a look at these links.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/208/17/3421
http://www.lobsters.org/tlcbio/biology6.html
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Cameron Matthews
Thanks Arvind. what struck me was how much energy was passing through the carapace. as a novice I'd have to assume the musculature was driving the shell. the animal clearly wasn't using its antennae from my vantage point.
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