Archive for October, 2007

Flounder

Flounder are a funny looking fish that are actually quite flat when you look at them closely. They live in the Northern Atlantic waters along the coast on the U.S. and Canada and can also be found in the Pacific Ocean.

The name “flounder” refers to several geographically and taxonomically distinct species. In the Western Atlantic there are the summer flounder, southern flounder, and the winter flounder, among other species. In Japan, the Japanese flounder is common.

Lobsters

Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the continental shelf. They generally live singly in crevices or in burrows under rocks. They are invertebrates and have a tough protective exoskeleton. Like most arthropods, lobsters must molt in order to grow, leaving them vulnerable during this time. . Lobster skin in the stomachs of lobsters has been found before, although this is because lobsters will eat their shed skin after molting.