5 Reasons why lobsters are super weird!

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Turns out lobsters (Homarus americanus) are really weird. Here are 5 reasons why:

1) Lobsters can re-grow their limbs

2) Female lobsters are soft-bodied when they mate

3) They pee out of their head

4) They communicate with their pee

5) They smell with their feet

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