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Put your claws in the air, it's National Lobster Day!

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Rock LOBSTER!

The B-52's song Rock Lobster hit number 56 on the Billboard Charts in 1979.

Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer: A rare blue lobster is held by waitress Melissa Hamilton at Becky's Diner on Saturday, October 2, 2010. It is estimated that the chance of catching a blue lobster is about one in two million.

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You're my boy, Blue!

Lobsters in nature are not red. They turn red when cooked, but in nature they can be blue, green, yellow, etc.!

Doris Day is kissed by Jack Lemmon as she holds a lobster in a scene from the film 'It Happened To Jane', 1959. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)

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A quote every lobster lover needs to know BY HEART...

"When life gives you lemons, order the lobster tail." - Ziad K. Abdelnour

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It's very in VOGUE.

Anna Wintour wore a Prada gown with a gold encrusted lobster on it to the 2012 Met Gala.

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It's GOOD for you.

Lobster meat is a great source of protein, providing 28 grams of protein per cup.

TORONTO, ON - OCTOBER 15: Using two freshly cooked lobsters, chef Matt Dean Pettit came to Star test kitchen to show how to make his signature lobster roll.

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Don't touch my TRAP!

Keep your claws to yourself, it's a felony to rob someone else's lobster pots.

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They're body parts are super unique...

Lobsters taste with their legs. Have teeth in their stomachs. And have REALLY bad eyesight.

TORONTO, ON: Actor Jack Duffy shows how not to tackle a lobster, but it can be done with finesse. Feb 21, 1969.

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It wasn't always FANCY.

Between the 17th and 18th century lobster was considered poor man's food. When colonists arrived, lobsters were abundant on the shoreline of MA. and rather than eating themselves they served to their pigs, cows, and cats. via knowledgenuts

Jill Brady/Staff Photographer: Visitors at Bug Light Park in South Portland enjoy giant lobster kites Monday, July 4, 2011.

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The Maine event.

The lobstermen in Maine usually catch around 1 million lbs of lobster. YUM. Maine requires lobstermen to complete a two-year apprenticeship before they can captain their own boat. via Woodmans

A young chef bitten by the claw of a lobster unwilling to go into the pot, circa 1920. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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SCREAM!

It's a myth that lobsters scream when you put them in hot water. They neither have lungs or vocal cords.

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They can grow to be VERY big.

Lobsters can grow up to four feet long and weigh as much as 40 pounds.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - APRIL 19: A prepared and cooked lobster burger in Charlottetown, APRIL 19, 2009. In the lobster season in may and june the lobster is very cheap and there exists a speciality in fast food restaurants: the lobster burger. (Photo by EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

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Honey, you age well.

It is believed that some lobsters can live to be 100 years old!

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