Lobsters Fighting to Breed | Blue Planet | BBC Earth

After a month of walking, a female lobster is forced to fight for a breeding pit before laying her eggs. Fascinating images from BBC wildlife show, Blue Planet. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCEarthSub
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[@OOZiTen]

Whats up fellow lobsters? Standing up straight? cleaning your room?

[@Rexxthespecialist]

Jordan Peterson 😆 good one!

[@JoeBidensAdderall]

Bahahahaha sorry dr Peterson I’ll get on that

[@jarodandrews7425]

Came here looking for this comment

[@ashantihendley811]

666 likes :I

[@amandawatts2223]

So cool! Just put my book down in the middle of Rule 1 to look it up on KZbin.

[@icebearz1483]

Those baby lobster are sooooo cute

[@icebearz1483]

tazeris you can eat adult lobster but not the babies you can eat the adult crabs but you cant eat the baby crabs

[@Nehfarius]

Yes. Give the baby shellfish time to grow up and produce more baby shellfish.

[@cupcakewars4109]

I know

[@valandes1861]

Then we feast upon them

[@juniustee4004]

You are right that they are cute but the bad news is that only 1 in 100000 live to adult hood

[@depressed_piglet4912]

Props to the camera man for swimming with the female for a month 😀

[@felixheisch3484]

:smile:

[@richardphillipsburg4521]

How sexist 😒 what if it was a camera Woman 😂😂

[@PiolsFlorentino]

@@richardphillipsburg4521 well it should be camera person 😂

[@alentino-o0]

@@richardphillipsburg4521 literally stfu

[@kodaosirisgaming1240]

@@alentino-o0 you’re the greatest of all time.

[@mojosash]

Its always been completely mind blowing to me how they always catch the most wonderful footage of nature in its finest moments. It literally takes my breath away. Idk how they do it but thank you to those who do!!!

[@ajfanotreally2523]

Robot cams/drones In the oceans at all time, not too hard if you think about the times we are living in.

[@chinotruong2010]

Sorry to break it man but it is pre setted up so the camera guys can capture “wild animal footage” For instance it’s kinda really hard to capture wild animal or exotic animals in a footage so they stage it for this really great episode. But the National Geographic explained something like that couple of years ago

[@Ren_Zu]

Set up

[@RaptorJesus.]

cameramen have GM cheat codes, like noclip and invisibility! it is known!

[@Kampos94]

@@RaptorJesus. It is known

[@ashantihendley811]

Imagine homes being free and so someone fights u for it

[@StukaSteven]

That's some primal human shit right there on God

[@Xnihilo141]

You mean right now?

[@iupiter4985]

it literally is still like that except we replaced fight with money

[@OctaApe]

@@iupiter4985 And ho do you get money? You fight for it.

[@christophershapiro9730]

@@OctaApe Or you get a job like a normal person...

[@thegorn]

“The babies are able to set off in a purposeful way” Shows baby flapping and going nowhere

[@tanah6962]

Pretty much all of us when we leave our parents home at 18 😅😅😅

[@joemama-lq9yx]

On their way to Red Lobster

[@blue_jai2790]

AWWW WHY ARE THE BABIES SO CUTE MY GOD

[@BonAppePete]

SOS Save Our Seas and delicious

[@blue_jai2790]

Pichu I don’t eat seafood....

[@BonAppePete]

SOS Save Our Seas if you boil them 😋

[@jckirby7994]

SOS Save Our Seas eat more Lobster

[@blue_jai2790]

I. Wouldn't. DARE! Over fishing is terrible, and I refuse to eat any seafood. So, try and make me!

[@greatparmesan9761]

I learned something new today: Even baby lobsters are cute.

[@shabinamusheer5526]

Human: comes Lobster: why do i hear boss music

[@redditstoriesrelationshipsusa]

The baby lobsters look so clumsy and adorable, I wish I could keep them.

[@asianbananacat]

Watching it shake the eggs like that is really weird

[@simbiontedelaluz]

They do it just as humans

[@Sarah_H]

In humans it's called "twerking".

[@SnowmanAgent]

no stop it

[@gigaaqua4628]

Yeah but it is for it to let the babies out

[@mellowhateseverybodyandals1289]

WHY ARENT THEY HATCHING

[@BoooTomato]

When the baby losters were trying to walk, they looked soo cute 😍

[@sugasflowerpot7717]

aww it's so cute the baby lobbestery

[@manuelwu8121]

Peyton Cox ㅑ

[@globuleagrumes8236]

These larvae look like they come from Disney cartoons

[@thecrabempire5767]

why did you say cute you mean tasty?

[@newperve]

Almost every one of them is going to die soon. There are hundreds of them for each breeding female, mathematically if more than 2 survive to breed the population would continually increase. So yeah mostly they're toast.

[@EE-yx4xp]

They look yummy

[@nikkiewhite476]

Awwwwwe look at all the baby Leons! I never knew this is how lobsters were born. The moms are actually nurturing the eggs for months!

[@itspaintosee]

So you're saying we should align our lives with the lobsters?

[@williambowlin1519]

Criss Cross Applesauce so you're saying female lobsters exhibit dominance for sex.

[@sentientmlem727]

So what you're saying is.............

[@iceg6621]

Hierarchy

[@mattierichandthefellas5977]

the market is dominated by lobsters

[@dumpsterchild131]

Yes

[@pwnslayerable]

CORRECTION at first the baby's are a bit derpy and cant swim

[@BobbedMcBob]

uh i make meme comment that’s one reason they’re so adorable!!! 🦐 🦐🦐goo-goo ga-ga

[@kashinimeyo]

Babies*

[@JDoe001]

At least, it doesn’t take them as long as humans take! Lol

[@K1ng_Squ1dZ]

This is the most 2012 comment I've ever seen

[@taylorterry5551]

awwe so beautiful!! look at those cute little babies!! :) soo precious! the sea world sure is incredible!

[@danielcallahan4825]

How hungry was the person who looked at these things and said mmmmm i bet with some butter these things would be delicious

[@Klomster88]

2:52-"At first, they are not very good swimmers." *Lobster children crash onto their backs in unison.* No shit!?

[@FulgurHalcyon]

Klomster 2:52

[@solidamber]

I don't think any alien from any movie looks more weird and frightening than a lobster, I cant believe people have those on a plate in front of them but scream if they see a tiny spider or mouse

[@someguyontheinternet1093]

+ian gee its probably cause we encountered spiders earlier than lobsters so it makes sense that we fear them less spiders are design to scare off predators and they do leave a nasty sting even cause necrosis. so our ancestors evolve to avoid them or destroy. mouse/mice are pest to us and they've cause literal millions of deaths so the instinct to avoid them develop

[@solidamber]

Thanks, makes sense.

[@remliqa]

Have you seen the Lobstermen from X-COM: Terror from The Deep?Now that's a terrifying alien.

[@douglaslin3454]

ian gee t

[@ridleydidnothingwrong]

ian gee how are you scared of lobsters I'm used to crustaceans but spiders are still weird

[@JoesCoco]

7 kilos?! That's little over 15 lbs to the American audience lol break out the melted butter :)

[@Storm-ci2ox]

+Joseph Mulvaney 15 lbs! 8D

[@deathbycheese850]

Don't know about you guys but in Australia you'd have to chuck her back in, as she is classed as a breeder. It's illegal to catch them.

[@almanotolrado7744]

Rebecca Whyte oof lol

[@smhgaming3259]

15.4 a kilo is 2.2 pounds and I'm American

[@smhgaming3259]

@@deathbycheese850 not in America you can eat it any as long as u have the licence to catch it

[@gamerboysp2559]

Lobsters and crabs are an interesting bunch. Both in looks and how they all act

[@darksavior1187]

NoooO!!! The video stopped just at the hatching of de babies!!! OMG such cute li'l aliens!

[@30lekhacminhquan45]

0:13 Loster: GET THE HELL FAR AWAY FROM ME Camera man: Why are you running?

[@lewisgan1197]

The only lobsters I’ve ever seen without a band around their claws

[@akshaysangwan5801]

i sometimes wonder what great we wud have missed had sir david attenborough not born

[@theGreaterAwareness]

We'd have Joe Biden doing the voices. "Today, Blue Lobsters, it's your Birthday. How old are you? No dating until you're thirty".

[@BobbedMcBob]

akshay sangwan sooo very much info & knowledge!!! I love him!!!

[@bobapes3875]

is it really worth fighting over? I have a hard time believing it's that difficult to dig on of those "homes" yourself

[@MCK90s]

Haha, I doubt they would fight to the death over it.

[@IRAMantisShrimp]

You'd be surprised. When it comes to saving energy, every form of life looks for the easy way out. If it means bullying away competition to get a good burrow, versus taking the time to make one that leaves you exposed and can potentially be taken away from you later by another bully, then what's the point of taking the time to do it yourself? It's always been nature's playing card; which one is easier, which task will give me greatest reward for the least amount of effort... In a way, we humans do the exact same thing. It's why so many people like the idea of socialism; if there's a chance that you can get some free reward for minimum amount of work, even refusing to do work, then it doesn't matter how small the reward gets, even if it is at the expense of others. It's also why I prefer capitalism; I'd rather keep what I worked so hard for rather than work hard and have some stranger mooch off of what I broke my back and sweated day and night for.

[@morningalumni4606]

IRAMantisShrimp While capitalism isn't inherently evil, what has been lauded as capitalism in the United States has more to do with a complete deregulation of policies during the Reagan Era and the subsequent consequences; from a dwindling middle class to policies that protect corporations rather than the people. There is the assumption that we work harder for the money we have and so we deserve it, when really the majority of these 1% are old money and heirs to inheritances that seek to justify their ill-gotten money. These aren't working class people paying their taxes, these are huge corporations that seek to control a majority of the wealth. The sense of entitlement and this self righteous attitude of " I broke my back and sweated day and night" is not uncommon in those who don't understand what a huge component luck is. I get that people, myself included, have invested a lot, put in a lot of time at great personal expense, to pursue education and/or seek out a job that is relevant. I am also well aware of the fact that my circumstances allowed this to be a possibility. We need to stop criminalizing the poor. We need to fund education to remain relevant in this global economy and the need for skilled workers is going to become increasingly important. If you have Netflix, Inequality for All is an interesting documentary that dispels much of the myth associated to "pulling yourself up from the bootstrap." Being poor is less an indication of character than of circumstance. I fear what I see as a modern-age feudal system arising in which the disparity between the wealthy and the poor is justified through such nonsense as "because I deserve it." The ever impressionable Average Joe agreeing wholeheartedly to a system in which only a select few reap the benefits and more commonly, are profiting off the work of others.

[@morningalumni4606]

IRAMantisShrimp Anthropologic studies on the natives of Ladahk elucidate a society in which there was no homelessness, no poverty, and no one went hungry. This was a society based on cooperation and sharing. The fear of "cheaters" actually goes against the grain of cooperative species. We are not lobsters despite what our baseline impulses may suggest. We are a society that strives on cooperation. Yes, there will always be cheaters within societies but even in the behavior of bees, cheaters are not tolerated and society will do it's best to eradicate this maladaptive individual through punishment, restitutive or penal. This idea that people will live off the fat of others as you suggest in socialism, occurs in capitalism as well. As a dynamic species, we can choose the type of behavior that is useful to society, nothing is set and change is always possible.

[@FunerealObsession]

MorningGlory Glory While I agree with you overall, I'm a bit skeptical of making comparisons between primitivst native societies and the byzantine complexities of modernist life. Even then, a lot of cheaters never get caught because like the best of parasites, they've tricked their hosts into assuming they're beneficial and integral to their continued eexistence.

[@flyinxgodzilla4029]

So cute

[@wandatobias3384]

FLYINxGODZILLA yoyhe do

[@Ice-fp3yj]

In Battlefield games: Guy 1: Let me fly the chopper! I know what I'm doing. Guy 2: No you don't! Guy 1: Watch me!!! Guy 1: 2:55

[@erjinson]

i've never seen a baby lobster before and now i'm in love

[@eishavashishtha2377]

Babies are always cute, no matter which organism!

[@34marmarmar]

maggots

[@pressftopayrespects6325]

Humans are the exception

[@Linopao]

Awww the babies are so cute !! What a big eyes they have!!😍

[@shadybanks1855]

Omg those baby lobsters. They're sooo cute. 😍😍😍 and im ready to eat ya next year 😂

[@Loserface583]

how can something be so freaky looking but so adorable at the same time

[@Bananapickle23]

Omg the babies look like googly eyes on a shrimp! So. FREAKING. Cuteeeeee

[@readkavi]

lobster baby swingings arms: Omg i'm drowning i'm drowning!!! Mom: you're a sea creature! baby: ohh ok pheww...for a second i was like..., anyway, where's dad? mom: he's gone to land, he heard they have jobs for lobs in restaurants, so he went thr for a better future, also he thought it was too hot here and he was more like a winter person. baby: dad sounds cool. (some random restaurant) human: I'll have a lobster, thanks. And they boiled the dad to crunchy.

[@PeturMag]

Men are expandable.

[@lucasfc4587]

PeturMag I sure they are, I have seen one 1.5 meters wide!

[@PeturMag]

@@lucasfc4587 I sure him is. Average 2.41666 ft on Sunday, probably expandable 4sure.

[@doifhg]

My god. That is perhaps the most adorable thing i've ever seen

[@notdarell6951]

God there's so many wonderful things in this life!

[@ThefortniteBoy-sy1gq]

*Rubs second chin*

[@MrBobby101]

Eating them

[@mrtompie6679]

David Attenborough's voice is so soothing 😃

[@amrithkoomardhawotal6703]

They are beautiful!!!! In sea and on plate..

[@kinakk6260]

Oh god they are sOo cute with big eyes

[@kakacarrotcakethesuper-san3273]

she's living like larry

[@JanetStarChild]

Larry Dallas?

[@mememanfresh]

JanetFunkYeah Larry the Lobster fool

[@michaelridge8876]

Living in the moment...

[@drakep.5857]

Live'n like larry

[@BobbedMcBob]

Kakacarrotcake the Super-sand Errrr...more like Mr Krabs....

[@DignaJL]

WAIT! 3:04 I like to look at the babies. Well, I love lobsters 🦞 but honestly, I love babies.

[@fruitcakeboi4197]

2:57 lol me when I get outta bed in the morning

[@RaptorJesus.]

the day Sir Attenborough dies is the day i vow to never watch another documentary. this wonderful man is such an irreplaceable treasure.

[@samtraygis1337]

JP brought me here 🦀

[@aprylflynn526]

And sea full of cuteness !

[@TheDiffi123]

Anyone here who was also sent by Jordan Peterson?

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

Peterson can go f**k himself.

[@tenzin8773]

so original

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

@@freelancerinitiative3447 As shown how?

[@Nate-gj7pb]

@@LeafseasonMagbag By his ever rising popularity among the human population of planet earth. What more evidence could you want? Stop being so bitter, you'll feel better.

[@DaDuTchMan2357]

Nathan G so much better, ppl can be so bitter and depressing trying to bring the rest of the world down with them, smh

[@hunterpruett5640]

Look at those little baby lobsters. Adorable.

[@keengnix7040]

Pretty sure this is how Mojang got their Skeleton noises

[@denniscuesta7009]

Honey, the dinner is fighting again

[@daisypavon3966]

How do they even get these shots 😱 amazing work 👏🏼

[@samuelrs5138]

All I can think of when watching this is how great these animals taste

[@cogen651]

Jordan Peterson made lobsters famous.

[@phatasm24]

OMG THOSE BABY LOBSTERS ARE SOOOO ADORABLE~!!!

[@PiolsFlorentino]

Who's here because of Jordan Peterson?

[@carlossousa3861]

Me 😂

[@sandeshsaidapur]

Hell yeah me!😂😂 All the best to everyone trying to become the best versions of themselves!!

[@k.utkarsh5548]

Was reading the book n saw u😂😂 Oh god, someone's been here before😂

[@samuelbesttshivuadi655]

✋🏾✋🏾😂😂

[@ubaidahmedkhan7544]

Me 😂

[@owenf144]

*lobsters doing their daily business* BBC: "CUE EDGY MUSIC!!! NOW!!!"

[@owenf144]

lol bro you so funny

I'm from Brazil and Jordan Peterson brought me here.

[@FlavioAlves-wp3gd]

Idem

[@Matts130]

tmj

[@sachinraghavan4556]

I hope everyone who hurts these creatures get some compassion.

[@bob13373]

Jordan Peterson brought me here!

[@alanrogala1167]

Same!

[@talhakhalid2311]

SAME!!!

[@bishopheahmund2664]

Same. He is the best. I started taking sertraline and now i feel like a victorious lobster.

[@SKKEarth]

You have presented a very beautiful and attractive video friend. Seeing this kind of scene for the first time

[@DelmarPeet]

Here because of Jordan Peterson.

[@ThiagoHenrique-hz3qb]

I was looking for this comment

[@britneyb8876]

Lol same

[@ch3la1989]

Jordan Peterson 📖 so worth seeing the baby lobs 🥰

[@landflame]

Their fighting looks delicious!

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

Whenever this man speaks our minds go into learning mode

[@montesforeman5079]

Dominance heirarchy bucko!

[@jamesh625]

First he ultra-cute baby squid, now über-cute baby lobsters̈!!! I love you BBC!

[@poppyorangeflower]

Oh these delicious things...

[@sachinraghavan4556]

What's wrong with you?

[@mixisoto2781]

@@davidkim2587 she/he does have something wrong lmao. To take her anger out she literally goes full on black metal on a poor microphone

Show de bola muito bom

[@georgewhittingtin5869]

2:38 chainsaw mode

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

super cool the effort to video the lobster mating series must have took tonnes of efforts and money? 12 years old video and i am watching it in 2021, anyone else?

[@CatManTho]

2:52 will you go to prom with me?

[@jorgechavez5426]

But i couldn´t see if they actually stand up straight after winning..damn.

[@jimmoefoe1471]

I was so eager to look at how the fight of lobsters look like after reading the first few pages of Jordan Peterson's book

[@princey_06]

Long time ago my family had pet crayfish and they had babies, the baby crayfish were about 1mm each and they were the cutest thing i ever saw in the world, i was privileged to see them but sadly they didn’t survive in about 3 days in since they were born. May God Protect our Pets in Animal Heaven.

[@iilovecookies7637]

I always have bad dreams about lobsters. I now have a fear of lobsters and I'm trying to get over it

[@freddychuchuca6479]

Lobsters fighting to breed so I can go tomorrow afternoon and eat at Red Lobsters

[@qwertyqart]

Thumbs up if Jordan Peterson brought you here :)

[@dangernoodle2868]

Clean your lobster!

[@jeremystevens5293]

I wanted to see lobsters fighting as described in his book.

[@napakamu9670]

hahahhah

[@henkrearden4282]

Anyone got butter?

[@johnnyfuentes888]

jeremy stevens same! Page 6

[@abrahamsamonte8439]

Remarkable photo, I salute you gentlemen for your work

[@dilik_Sean]

Anyone is here because of 12 rules of life?

[@2413Sandy]

LMAO I JUST IMAGIEN THE ONE GETTING KICKED OUT SAYING “aw shit here we go again”

[@mau3304]

BBC: Lobsters don‘t surrender French: What‘s that? BBC: surrender French: yes I get that part BBC: don‘t surrender French: what is that?

[@ameenchewan3040]

They look so adorable

[@neverholdmedown]

Every animal is beautiful in their own way. i cannot believe the world boils them alive then claims that they don't feel it. I just don't get it.

[@DavidAdenuga]

Snawx it's almost as if organisms eat other organisms!?

[@nirablackfire2792]

Because once killed their meat starts to rot fast, the only way to ensure that said lobster is okay to eat, is to kill it by boil or a straight cut while being prepped. It may seem inhumane but if there was a way to kill it more humanely, we would have done so. If you can't stomach the thought, suck it up butter cup.

[@hansices6535]

Carter Evelyn Winggates if you cut open it’s head before boiling it the lobster dies humanely. The meat still tastes the same.

[@reymicroc]

They are food

[@alexia3552]

I now need 2 hours of baby lobster content

[@Natureindica]

Large number of eggs waiting to start new life. So cute.

[@jaenstudios496]

2:22 forbidden grapes

[@nemo_is_real]

I loooove David Attenboroughs voice 😍

[@kirklanyoshinaga8953]

1:53 Larry! Use Crabhammer! *It was super effective*

[@rosiecolors9608]

Omg so cute😍😘

[@ghostcrusader487]

The narrator needs a raise i only watch these videos because his voice is calming

[@Kimberly-yt6nn]

OMG the baby lobsters are so stinking cute 🤗

[@Zachc94]

This is just beautiful. Also those baby lobsters are so cute lmfao

[@Saphaeria]

OMG! THE BABY LOBSTERS ARE ADORABLE!!!

[@MaybeLily1234]

I like how their version of giving birth is "Get off me!"

[@carlitoxb110]

I'm a confident lobster I'm a confident lobster I'm a confident lobster I'm a confident lobster

[@EmzTheGoat]

Newborn: bro be careful,aw my head I hit it in the floor Newborn 2:stop head butting me

[@MichaelBecker-px5sy]

They good Much better Without rubber bands on , Go Leon !!!

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Aww the tiny babies are sooo cuuuute.

[@kashmello]

I have never seen an infant lobster before, but I'm glad that I have now.