Lobster (Books)

Lobsters are crustaceans mentioned in the How to Train Your Dragon Book series.

Description
Lobsters (Family Nephropidae) are decapod crustaceans (ten limbs) with bilateral symmetry. They have a small head area, a thorax, and a long muscular tail that typically flares at the end. They are also known for their clawed forearms, which can be very wide in some species. Lobsters have blue blood, which is based on copper instead of iron like vertebrates. Snails and spiders also have blue blood. Lobsters are also known to be long-lived, especially for invertebrates. Some individuals have been estimated to live to be 45-50 years, in the wild.

Function
In both the Book series and real life, the main use of a lobster is as a food source for humans. Additionally, they are enjoyed by dragons in the Book series.

A Lobster Claw Necklace figures prominently in the Book series. This personal decoration has great significance for Fishlegs, as well as his lobster basket.

How to Train Your Dragon
Lobsters are mentioned as one of the sea-floor-dwelling creatures that had made their home around the Green Death as he was in Sleep Coma.

"And, a week later, the sea around the Dragon Mountain - which had previously been teeming with crabs and lobsters and shoals and shoals of fish - was a great, underwater desert."

- Book 1