Menoturals; Crinfo

That is to say, for this Nature Friday post, I bring you some 'critter information'. 

Leading up to it, let me say that I recently renewed my support for Argyll the Conger Eel at Macduff Aquarium. Due to the temporary closure for rebuilding, visiting the 'shoal of support' wall is not possible. As a result, an online version has been placed on the website, and as I said to Hannah, the team leader there, I hope it stays because it means it can be seen even when all the way back in the west or south. What I like about the online wall is that there are clear pictures of the animal being sponsored, and those of us providing the support for more than one year get the year that support began beside our names.

Hannah informed me that Argyll is doing very well, eating healthily, and managing as many as five squid or Mackerel per day. I suspect my fifty quid is not really doing that much to keep him in victuals at that rate!

While the aquarium centre is closed, the staff and transportable animals have moved into temporary accommodation in the nearby Banff Community and Sports Centre. There, they hold pop-up show-and-tell sessions and take portable pools to schools and aged care facilities. All the large fish remain at the aquarium, with staff continuing to attend to their daily needs.

Anyway, I promised you a bit of info. The critter I wanted to share with you today is the Lobster. As this piece from the quarterly newsletter mentions, a hatchery is to be built as part of the new building, aiming to help restock the wild population in the Moray Firth. I knew about the colour changing to red when the critter is murdered cooked in boiling water, but most of the rest of this info, if I ever knew it, has been forgotten or never known in the first place. What about you... did you know any of this about the lobbie?