Lobsters on a roll; New research reveals that lobsters are too smart for fishermen's traps - they're dining and going home.(FEATURES)(IDEAS)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: January 9, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Colin Woodard Special to The Christian Science Monitor

BRISTOL, MAINE -- Down on the ocean bottom, marine biologist Bob Steneck seems to be finding a lobster under just about every stone.

Mr. Steneck reveals them hiding under kelp fronds, amid fields of round rocks dumped here by ancient glaciers, and in little lobster fox holes dug into the sand.

Lobsters are everywhere, including the inside of a lobsterman's trap nearby. One drives a small crab away from the bait-filled bag hanging in the trap and resumes eating. Two others have dug burrows under the trap ...

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