by Sheila Rae Watson

Created on: November 28, 2008   Last Updated: February 24, 2009

The lobster is defined as "A hard-shelled sea crustacean with a pair of large pincers, five pairs of limbs, eyes on stalks, and long antennae. Native to: Atlantic coasts of North America, Europe. " Family: Homaridae [Encarta dictionary: English]

The insect is defined as: "(an) Invertebrate animal arthropod with a body that has well-defined segments, including a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of legs" [Encarta dictionary: English]

Do we see any similarities in these two species above? Yes of course we do.

Simply put one of these bugs' lives in the sea and one lives on land, both are simple bugs. Nevertheless, are these animals/insects/created beings then protected, under Animal Rights? For the answer to this question, it was necessary to do a bit of research, not scientific in any way just type a few words into Google and hit go.

Results of said search on Google. I will just include this one quote from the text. "In February, (2008) a Norwegian government report jumped into the debate about whether or not lobsters are capable of feeling pain, concluding that they are NOT, in fact, capable of doing so.

The Norwegian government commissioned a committee led by University of Oslo professor Wenche Farstad to prepare a 39-page report on whether or not lobsters felt pain, in which case they would be subject to revised animal welfare laws in that country. The report concluded that, "Lobsters and crabs have some capacity of learning, but it is unlikely that they can feel pain."

Free at last! No longer should we feel the slightest twinge of regret as we plunge a lobster into boiling, heavily spiced water.

No longer do we have to worry that, as we dine someone is going to come running into our favorite seafood restaurant, snatch the lobsters out of their aquariums and run into the night.

Free at last, free at last thank the fabled god of the sea, Neptune. We are free at last. To once again cook a lobster, dine on it, partake of the delicate sweet meat, knowing that we have not brought that lobster any pain during the cooking process.

There are a few known methods of killing them if you want to do them in before cooking. Let's consider a couple of them, shall we? #1. Cutting through its brain with a knife tip.

-First: Place strong rubber bands around the lobster's only defense mechanism, its claws.

-Second: Lay said bug on its back, exposing its tender underbelly.

-Third: Take a very big, 10-inch, razor-sharp chef's knife, locate the lobster's head, and then thrust

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