Lobsters continue to grow, but this isn’t immortality

The Tweet: “Lobsters are functionally immortal – They show no signs of aging, loss of appetite, no change in metabolism and no decline of health.” This myth refers to a phenomenon called senescence. The origin of which seems to come from a 2007 report by Robert Krulwich, talking to Professor Jelle Atema of Boston University, on NPR: “lobsters […]