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• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lobsters have olfactory sensory neurons, located in the aesthetasc sensilla on their antennules, which allow them to detect the pheromones in the urine of other lobsters.

  A dominant male lobster will pee to signal his dominance and deter other males from his territory. Females may also pee to signal their readiness for mating, and the urine of a dominant male can attract females.

  Lobsters also communicate through touch and by using their claws, but no one gives a fuck after reading about the pee thing.

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Tl;dr lobsters have a major piss fetish

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    • TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Lobster: I can’t understand what you said, please piss it slower for me.

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      • sinkingship@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It won’t help, the other lobster has diabetes, so it pisses with an accent.

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    • neatobuilds@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      and lemmy

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      • morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Speak for yourself

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  • duhbasser@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Im interested in the claw communication! How does that work?

    Also, the pee stuff is hilarious

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Mostly as a show of strength and territorial control. Nothing unexpected. It’s not as nuanced as their pheromone communication.

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      • duhbasser@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ah, so just kinda slappin claws.

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