Notice the shell separate in a straight line at the top of the carapace. You can’t see it in this picture but the tail has already withdrawn from the shell. The live lobster is to the top in the picture and the half of it carapace shell is left at the bottom of the picture. The lobster is barely strong enough to move.
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Lobster Molting At The Dock Image 1, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 