As Fish Stocks Collapse, Overpopulated Lobsters Resort to Cannibalism 231
The Maine lobster population is booming, but it turns out that's bad news if you're a little lobster: "'We've got the lobsters feeding back on themselves just because they're so abundant,' said Richard Wahle, a marine sciences professor at the University of Maine, who is supervising the research. 'It's never been observed just out in the open like this,' he said."
Abundance caused by populations of their predators collapsing.
Soylent Red (Score:5, Funny)
Soylent Red is lobsters!!!!
I guess the food supply (Score:5, Funny)
...is getting pinched.
Re:Of course, (Score:5, Funny)
Lobster Fed Lobster requires a premium price.
I'm super rich, so I only eat Lobster Lobster and Kobe Kobe (kobe beef fed with kobe beef). I look forward to the availability of kobe lobster lobster (lobsters only fed lobsters fed with kobe beef).
Re:I guess the food supply (Score:3, Funny)
No no no. Here's the proper way to do it:
I guess the food supply...
*put on sunglasses* ... is getting pinched.
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHH!!!
Re:Of course, (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, I mean it takes a lot of facelifts to get the nuts up to chest level to begin with, and harvesting them can be a painful process.
They make for excellent pork however.
Re:This shouldn't be on Idle (Score:2, Funny)
Or so say the econazis and global warming hoaxists. Meanwhile there isn't a single shred of evidence backing any of these claims up. You leftists will say anything to impose new regulations and taxes on the free market though won't you?
Re:Soylent Red (Score:4, Funny)
I thought it was crab people.
I think we're approaching... (Score:3, Funny)
I think we're approaching a fishcal cliff...
Re:I guess the food supply (Score:5, Funny)
Hint:: There's a reason for it...
Re:I'll eat the lobsters! (Score:4, Funny)
Maine.
First lobster cannibal's thoughts (Score:5, Funny)
"No wonder those humans are always trying to eat us...we're delicious!"
You've got to respect... (Score:5, Funny)
Whoever first ate lobster.
Re:Soylent Red (Score:5, Funny)
You're laughing, but I'm sure that crabs have their own opinion of us. I can vividly imagine the dialogue...
- Why are you scratching your cloaca?
- I think I got humans.
Re:Of course, (Score:5, Funny)
Sarcasm and inference are both broken on the Internet. Please fix that.
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I blame (Score:5, Funny)
all the vegetarians out there... They should eat more meat.
Re:I guess the food supply (Score:5, Funny)