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Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑 (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

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 really gives a fuck after reading about the pee thing.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Tl;dr lobsters have a major piss fetish

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

and lemmy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Speak for yourself

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