New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

- livery of scarlet has furnished SD many
delicious luu.hco0,. +, relative Of The but
,crly, The l.r-hip is not merely that 81
two members of the animal kingdom. The
lobster and 'h- butterfly arc actually ~ one
and the same grca. group Of tho Kingdom.
Ike tho clam aui the snail. or thr whale ana
the giraffe. whose spheres Of activity arc $50
widely separated.
Il Is patent even e. unskiilel observation
that there is close relationship between the
lobster and the cab: lut D. demands some
scientific knowledge 90 a--ociat, the tradi-
tional Broadway dainty with, tor instance,
the beach h,a. which has helped - render
rs uncomfortable ~ our favor'c bathing re-
.ort. or. morc s'rkingly still. with the wood
lousc. V, al three are included III the sub
division Of Crus'a.cl known Us the mala-
costrca. and from the crus'aCca 20 the other
subdivisions Of the ar,hropod, which in
0ludc butterflies. June bugs, and humble
bees. is no, prpdigiouS step.
While. therefore, il may not be- sclcnui-
irally accurate 10 refer to the lobster as a
bug, that popular creature Is actually much
more IN insect than il is q mOlluSc, Ike the
oyster with which il lives in close ncighbor-
lines OF than & fish, ike those which swim
about and frequently afford the lobster q
meal. VIII +, destroy your taste for lob
STEERS 10 bee reminded that they are first
cousins 10 the house fly?
/, IS simply. as Darwin pointed out in the
! case 81 other creatures great many wears
ago. that the lobster and lis friends, the
Icrab. the Drawn. and the shrimp. chose one
method Of Tie, while the butterfly and its
ST., chose another. So The first crowd de-
- IL
'iOns I'm which II lived inculing as one Of
the most important. since lis members do
not move rapidly for great distances, q coat
of armor 10 protect them from their in
numcrthlc enemies: while the butterflies
and the great host Of other winged arthro-
pods shed every hi, of supcriluous weight
trusting 20 switincss to carry them out Of
danger, and 10 protective coloring 20 con-
ccal them when flight is unayaling.
DURING the last fifteen wears our knowl-
~ edge OF the lobster has increased 10 such
an extent that at present there is probably
no marine invcrtcbratc that is better known.
Primarily It's Importance as food has in
sprcd the study into its life history. And
although with al the research the price Of
lobster has gone TO high and sometimes
To- 81 INoIlilllAf llAtl, llltlt IS ltdNbl 10
believe that science has found the way of
restoring il 10 the reach of ordinary mortalS
The lobster case is the exact opposite Of
the mosquitoes. another arthropod 10 which
science has given much study. On the one
hand multiplication is sought. and on the
other annihiation.
In the course Of the research into the lob
stcr's makeup and mode OF living many curl
OTIS facts have been revealed. Not many
years ago some well intcntioncd persons in
tcrcstcd in the prevention Of cruelty to ami
mails movement agitated against the manner
OF preparing that delightful dish known as
broiled live lobster. 1t was argued that
hidcous cruelty was involved in putting any
animal on a hot grill when it was still alive.
In principle the argument was sound
enough but there is comfort in remember
ing that the lobster is one of the most print
tive of animals in its nervous organization,
and It's slltferings cannot therefore be meas
urcd in terms Of human understanding. Its
intelligence is limited to elemental instincts,
such as concealmcnt from enemies, the
search for food, and the reproduction of
species 1t lacks wholly the sense of hear
ing in our meaning of the word, its vision is
dim. and It's dependence in the struggle for
existence is on its sense of touch which is
Keen and a chemical sense of smell 1t is
credited also with the possession of the fifth
sense taste which enables II IN diStnprieh