Are lobsters immortal? #viral #facts #fyp #curiosities #cooking #foodie #animales #shorts #shortvideo

Are lobsters immortal? #viral #facts #fyp #curiosities #cooking #foodie #animales #shorts #shortvideo


Did you know that lobsters are practically immortal? For starters, they do not die of old age like humans do. As long as a lobster is well-fed and avoids predators, it will keep growing without aging. While most animals age because their cells lose the ability to divide, the lobster possesses a secret weapon.

It has an enzyme called telomerase, which rebuilds its DNA, allowing its cells to regenerate indefinitely. However, there is a price to pay: its body keeps growing ceaselessly, but its shell does not grow along with it. Consequently, the lobster absorbs seawater and swells until it bursts out of its own armor.

This process is extremely exhausting, leaving the lobster completely defenseless against predators for several days. The issue is that it repeats this cycle until, eventually, its body runs out of energy and it dies of old age.