But if you asked people around the world what animal they associated with Maine, the winner would undoubtedly be the lobster. Actually, there are many different marine crustaceans called lobsters. Maine's lobster is the American lobster, or Maine lobster, Homarus americanus . This noble crustacean lives from the Canadian Maritimes south to North Carolina. But it is most abundant in Maine.
Lobsters have eight walking legs and two legs bearing claws.
Lobsters are generally inactive by day. At night, they walk on the bottom of the sea in search of food. They eat many different kinds of animals, but feed largely on crabs, clams, mussels, and worms. They will even eat other lobsters. There's little light in lobster land, so vision isn't terribly important.