[Coral-List] lobster tail undersides are tough

[Douglas Fenner]

A lobster's underbelly is so tough, you could use it instead of car tires
(if it was equally thick).

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/lobster-s-underbelly-so-tough-you-could-use-it-instead-car-tires?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-02-19&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=2675745

Open-access.

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

How to win public support for a global carbon tax

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00124-x

Global warming will happen faster than we think.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07586-5

Nations falling short of emissions cuts set by Paris climate pact, analysis
finds

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/nations-falling-short-emissions-cuts-set-paris-climate-pact-analysis-finds?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-11-28&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=2515903