nPostednon July 5, 2013
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Todaynis the start of the 79th Annual Pictou Lobster Carnival!
Todaynis the start of the 79th Annual Pictou Lobster Carnival!n
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n Lobsternboat races.
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n Anlobster banding competition.
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Twonparades and a couple of pageants.
Twonparades and a couple of pageants.n
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n Fishingnevents and a “Run for the Lobster.”
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Morenraces, a dog show, a treasure hunt, and more.
Morenraces, a dog show, a treasure hunt, and more.n
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nAndnof course yummy food (lots of lobster!), entertainment, and a midwaynfull of fun for the whole family.
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nDidnyou know…?
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nManyn people consider lobster dipped in drawn butter delicious, andn restaurants often offer lobster as the most expensive dish on then menu. However, it wasn’t always that way. The sorts of lobster thatn we eat used to be so common in northern-latitude coastal towns, itn was considered a food for the poor. Some people would use the meatn as fertilizer for crops rather than as a prized delicacy. There weren even laws prohibiting people from feeding their servants lobstern more than twice a week!
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nLobstersn are bottom-dwellers who eat just about anything. They mostly eatn fish and mollusks, but they will also eat algae, other plants, andn even other lobsters!
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Lobstersn can live up to 50 years, growing larger and larger the whole time.n When they get too big for their shell, lobsters molt, or shed theirn shell and grow a new one. During the time that they are soft andn fragile, before the new shell has hardened, lobsters bury themselvesn in the mud so they don’t get eaten.n
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nLobstersn are usually dark green or greenish brown (although they aren sometimes other colors such as blue, white, yellow, orange, red, orn black). The reason we think of lobsters as red is because they alln turn bright red when they are cooked.
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nAlsonon this date:
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Earth at Aphelion
Earth at Aphelion n
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Circusnshowman P.T. Barnum’s birthday
Circusnshowman P.T. Barnum’s birthdayn
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nAnniversarynof the recording of Elvis’s first single
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Plannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest pages on Julynholidays, historicalnanniversaries in July,nand Julynbirthdays.
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest pages on Augustnholidays, historicalnanniversaries in August,nand Augustnbirthdays.
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