Can lobsters scream

Hi there, first of all i simply didnt know what forum to put this in, so because this said water i used this one
Its hardly `ufos` or `paranormal` or `breaking news`

Anyway my question is this, we hear many stories about lobsters screaming when being cooked or put in boiled water, ive heard one story from a chef that theres a story of a lobster pleading with the chef not to kill it

So, are the many many rumours true?
Do lobsters actualy scream?

Well I did find a great article for you to read upon to fin the answer.
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Deepwater disaster forum. The perfect choice for this question!

In answer to your question I don't know...

Lobsters don't scream. The noise that they make when they are dumped in boiling water is apprently the air underneath their shells expanding and rushing out of the holes or gaps in their exoskeleton. A bit like a whistle.

it's trapped air being pushed out of the shell when you put it in boiling water, crabs do it too.

reply to post by daluniverse
I have never heard any crustacean scream when I plunged them into the boiling water, but I can't say with certainty that they don't. I think if they could scream, at least a few of them would've screamed for me.

well trapped air isnt going to sound like screaming is it
why are there so many stories of the lobster screaming in pain

Originally posted by daluniverse
well trapped air isnt going to sound like screaming is it
why are there so many stories of the lobster screaming in pain

The sound that lobsters make when they are put in boiling water does NOT sound like a scream. It's a whistling sound.

Originally posted by daluniverse
well trapped air isnt going to sound like screaming is it
why are there so many stories of the lobster screaming in pain

actually it does kinda sound like a chipmunked version of a scream.

I'm just lurking and wanted to know how this is at all related to a conspiracy?
Seriously?

A lobster can't scream because it has no vocal organs.
Usually they teach you that in elementary school.


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I can't believe I even replied to this.
In the Deepwater Disaster forum where it states clearly:

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Originally posted by TruthWizard
it's trapped air being pushed out of the shell when you put it in boiling water, crabs do it too.

Okay, I have heard that noise. I think it is a reach to call it a scream though.

Human bodies make noises during cremation, and I have heard people say that it is like a scream. I have been present for several cremations, and I would say the noise was more of a hiss, you could possibly call it a light squeal.

I have bad hearing ,but I can tell you they taste great ...
peace

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Well don't know what to tell you but that's the sound people refer to as screaming.

And seriously...take some time to find the correct forum for this kind of question. It belongs in BTS, the off topic section...no where near The Deepwater forum.

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Well.......

There wasn't a lobster pot forum!

sorry guys .. by the way im browsing all the different forum names
i know billy meier case has a LOT of skeptics but isnt that a big step to label the hoax section with his face?

him and his representetive michael horn must be fuming!

They don't scream, the sound comes from elsewhere...

Apparently scientists have established a theory that lobsters don't feel pain, they allegedly did research on the subject. There's also an even more researched theory that piglets don't feel when you cut there genitals off and spill there guts while alive - a friend of mine actually witnessed such "experiment" himself.

Either way one thing is for sure, I wouldn't like someone to boil me alive... doesn't sound like its fun.

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You don't say....

Sounds like we need to get a petition going. These sorts of injustices cannot go uncorrected!

Originally posted by SassyCat
They don't scream, the sound comes from elsewhere...

Apparently scientists have established a theory that lobsters don't feel pain, they allegedly did research on the subject. There's also an even more researched theory that piglets don't feel when you cut there genitals off and spill there guts while alive - a friend of mine actually witnessed such "experiment" himself.

Either way one thing is for sure, I wouldn't like someone to boil me alive... doesn't sound like its fun.

I tend to be really sceptical towards the "Scientists" theories saying that certain animals cannot feel pain.
For instance; If lobsters can't "feel", then way do they huddle and retract their eyes when they are inserted into water with different saline-levels they are used to, or if the water is warmer then the colder temperature they are usually accustomed to?


Other than that, boiling a being alive is simply a barbarical thing that is just not done. Atleast in my opinion.

It makes no logical sense that any living creature doesn't have some sort of system which acknowledges stimuli that is linked to bad outcomes.

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I starred your post, it makes a good point.

I am not certain that all creatures are aware in the same sense that we are. They may respond to stimuli, but I am not convinced that all feel pain.