Let’s learn about lobsters

Or, what most people think of when you say “lobster.”
This one is Homarus americanus, also known as the American, or Maine lobster.

This is Homarus gammarus, the European lobster.
Lobsters are decapods, meaning “ten-footed.”
Lobsters used to be “poor people” food, but became popular among the gentry because of their novelty; you also had to be pretty rich to afford them if you didn't live on a coast, since they have to be transported alive.

Lobsters in the Homarus genus have claws, which serve different functions.

I love how this guy keeps snacks for the lobsters he releases. Not only do they get to live, they get a meal.
https://www.youtube.com/@jacobknowles5421/

What’s a worse nitpick? Not coloring it blue, since it must be a European lobster, or using a marine creature in your comic about a landlocked country in the first place? No, I don’t get invited to many parties…

Clearly the Maine lobster has the best press, because I’ve never seen comics about any other kind.
What other kind, you may ask? There are many species, which includes scampi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster#Species
but I’m talking about:

Panulirus argus, the Caribbean or Florida lobster, which belong to the spiny lobster family.
My dad used to dive for lobsters down in the Keys when I was a kid. Neither my sister or I liked the taste, but unlike lima beans, my parents didn’t force us to eat it anyway, haha.
In fact, my sister hated the very smell of cooking lobster so much she would roll a towel up and stuff it under her bedroom door, and point a fan at it to keep the smell out. I didn’t care for it either, but I’m made of stronger stuff.
Somehow it was always her turn to do the dishes whenever Dad cooked lobster and she would do everything but sell her soul to me if I would trade nights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_lobster
Spiny lobsters are also called…

ROCK LOBSTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QSYx4wVQg