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- Switzerland rules lobsters must be stunned before they are boiled Fri, 12 Jan 18, 6:17amLobsters may not really scream when you boil them - they don't possess vocal cords - but research shows they can feel pain, and Switzerland's government decided to do something about the common culinary practice of boiling...
- Newly-discovered hermit crab species uses living coral as shells Fri, 20 Oct 17, 2:52amFor the first time ever, a hermit crab has been documented to have found its “forever” home. Off the coast of Japan, a new species of the crab has partnered with a living coral. The coral grows as the crab ages, which...
- 132-year-old lobster returned to ocean after living in tank for 20 years Fri, 23 Jun 17, 1:02amBet you didn't know it's National Lobster Month? Well, Hempstead, New York does, and some residents are celebrating the occasion by releasing a captive lobster back into the ocean...
- Egyptian scientists turn dried shrimp shells into eco-friendly plastic Sat, 4 Mar 17, 2:37amPlastic is a plague on this planet, but it doesn't have to be. A group of Egyptian researchers is developing a kind of plastic won't languish in landfills for hundreds of years - made with dried shrimp shells. Just six months...
- Harvard Scientists Create Super Strong Degradable Bioplastic from Shrimp Shells Sat, 10 May 14, 2:47amThanks to a team of Harvard scientists, being called a "shrimp" will no longer amount to an insult. The University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering isolated chitin in the arthropod's exoskeleton to make...