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LOBSTER
Age: 95 million years
Period: Middle Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Location: Haqil, Lebanon
This fossil lobster, 95 million years old, possesses the same physical structure as lobsters today.
Some lobsters display migratory behaviors that are very interesting. In the course of such mi-
grations, lobsters line up so that each one can touch the one in front of it. In this way, a convoy
of between 50 and 60 lobsters is formed and moves along the ocean floor day and night for sev-
eral days.
Migrating in a line enhances the lobsters' ability to move. The resistance encountered by a lob-
ster advancing through the sea water individually is halved when another lobster is moving in
front of it. (The same principle is exploited by modern-day trucks and race cars.) Because of this
linear movement, lobsters can cover more distance in less time, while expending less energy.
Some species have been observed to travel as much as one kilometer in an hour.
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