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Hi Guys, also: User:Epipelagic, User:DrChrissy, I have a question as I tryed the following things today: a) adding //Meat// to the Lobster article, because: like Llama, Lobster are listed, that was reverted. b) adding a link to "Crayfish as food" was also reverted.

So I think b) was a mistake and a) should be okay, because it's listed under "Fish and seafood" in the //Meat// article. Any comments on this? Thanks! --Never stop exploring (talk) 16:36, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I reverted "Crayfish as food" because this article is about Lobsters, not Crayfish. It is misleading to put this in the Lobster article.DrChrissy ^(talk) 17:34, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's all good it was my mistake, but how about Lobster and food, I'm vegan but 99% of the conversations about Lobster I hear is about people eating lobster and the like. Maybe a good time to add a section (which is already there) and adding MEAT or a separate article about Lobster as food (so no need for MEAT), all other MEAT articles have the MEAT section. Just my 2 cents. --Never stop exploring (talk) 00:41, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welfare section

I am not sure if citing David Foster Wallace's "Consider The Lobster" is appropriate to make statements regarding lobster welfare. For one, "Consider The Lobster" is an English essay by a creative writer and English professor, not a scientist. I do not think it is appropriate to include the statement "disabling only the frontal ganglion does not usually result in death or unconsciousness", considering that whether or not lobsters are conscious in the first place is a contentious issue. I believe that part of this article should be removed. Sega31098 (talk) 08:15, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with above ^^, this section delves into a presupposition that lobsters are conscious and that they feel pain. That discussion may or may not be valid, but it doesn't belong here. It has been shown that fish don't have the physiology to feel what we call 'pain' (I suspect the same is true of crustaceans) so statements based around 'cruelty' in this regard amount to little more than anthropomorphism. Having fished crab and prawns on the west coast for many years, I see nothing to suggest anything more than a purely physiological response to physical stimuli. Personally, I would like to remove that entire section as it implies an agenda without providing any information regarding the species and is not based in fact...but I don't want to do so unilaterally. Chigwalla (talk) 15:20, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The current scientific position is not as simple and clear cut as you would have it Chigwalla. See pain in fish, pain in crustaceans and consciousness in animals. --Epipelagic (talk) 17:10, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Epipelagic. I think the section reflects current scientific consensus. DrChrissy ^(talk) 00:21, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And yet when I reach into the livewell for a herring or an anchovy, they display a visceral response to being grabbed and held...but no response at all when a hook is pierced through their mouth and up and out their eye socket...sometimes the voice of experience carries the furthest....

Chigwalla (talk) 07:27, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you don't mind me re-threading your post. What you are suggesting is original research. Please read WP:OR. DrChrissy ^(talk) 22:25, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mercury

According to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the mean level of mercury in American lobster between 2005 and 2007 was 0.107 ppm.[28] Is that good or bad? There's not much point in mentioning this, unless the safe limit for mercury content is also given. (A comparison with the mercury content of other seafood would probably be useful as well). Iapetus (talk) 16:04, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Word origin: Lobster

Some sources say that "lobster" is derived from the Latin word "lacusta" which means locust. It sounds more plausible that "lobster" means "something to be lobbed back over the side of the boat," when it was caught. Does anyone have any supporting evidence for this? Landroo (talk) 03:42, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dating when price is involved?

There is a line in the food section "One seafood guide notes that an $8 lobster dinner at a restaurant overlooking fishing piers in Maine is consistently delicious, while 'the eighty-dollar lobster in a three-star Paris restaurant is apt to be as much about presentation as flavor'." Would it be appropriate to include the year of this publication in the sentence itself? $8 from 2007 isn't the same as $8 now and it won't be the same as $8 in ten years. Or maybe a line indicating the current value? I guess it's perhaps too soon for it to be too relevant. Not sure on the protocol just thinking out loud :) I haven't made any edits at this time.

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	There is a line in the food section "One seafood guide notes that an $8 lobster dinner at a restaurant overlooking fishing piers in Maine is consistently delicious, while 'the eighty-dollar lobster in a three-star Paris restaurant is apt to be as much about presentation as flavor'." Would it be appropriate to include the year of this publication in the sentence itself? $8 from 2007 isn't the same as $8 now and it won't be the same as $8 in ten years. Or maybe a line indicating the current value? I guess it's perhaps too soon for it to be too relevant. Not sure on the protocol just thinking out loud :) I haven't made any edits at this time.		There is a line in the food section "One seafood guide notes that an $8 lobster dinner at a restaurant overlooking fishing piers in Maine is consistently delicious, while 'the eighty-dollar lobster in a three-star Paris restaurant is apt to be as much about presentation as flavor'." Would it be appropriate to include the year of this publication in the sentence itself? $8 from 2007 isn't the same as $8 now and it won't be the same as $8 in ten years. Or maybe a line indicating the current value? I guess it's perhaps too soon for it to be too relevant. Not sure on the protocol just thinking out loud :) I haven't made any edits at this time.

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