Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper Lobster
Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper Lobster
GREATEST JOYS OF MY LIFE. THIS MARCH, WE’RE CELEBRATING ENGINEERING MONTH AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, AND IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF THE SCIENCE OF IT, WESH TWO, MARQUISE MEDA INTRODUCES US TO ONE OF MOTHER NATURE’S ENGINEERS. GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS, AND WELCOME BACK TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. I’M JOINED BY KARISSA TODAY AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING ENGINEERING MONTH HERE AT OSTC, AND WE’RE ACTUALLY JOINED BY SOME NATURAL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. WE GOT SOME SHOVEL NOSE LOBSTERS TODAY, RIGHT? YES. SO ACTUALLY HAVE A MOLD OF ONE. SO THIS IS CALLED A RICH SLIPPER LOBSTER, ALSO KNOWN AS A SHOVEL NOSE OR A BULLDOZER LOBSTER. AND SO THESE GUYS ARE REALLY COOL. SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY TWO PAIRS OF ANTENNAS. THEY HAVE THE ONES HERE AND THEN THEY HAVE THESE, THESE ARE ACTUALLY A MODIFIED LARGER PAIR OF ANTENNA THAT THEY CAN USE WEIGHT. THESE RIGHT HERE ARE THE ANTENNA. THESE ARE ACTUALLY A SECOND PAIR. SO THESE ONES ARE THE NORMAL ONES. WHAT WE THINK OF THAT PICK UP CHEMICAL SENSES IN THE WATER. BUT THESE ONES HERE THEY ACTUALLY USE THEM. THEY’LL PUSH THEM DOWN AND THEY CAN USE THEM INDEPENDENTLY. THEY DON’T ACTUALLY MOVE TOGETHER. THEY CAN MOVE ONE AT A TIME. SO THEY KIND OF LIKE OSCILLATE LIKE THIS, OR THEY CAN MOVE THEM BOTH AND THEY WILL USE IT TO KIND OF MOVE SAND AROUND OR MOVE ROCKS AROUND. AND OUR TWO LADIES IN THIS TANK WILL ACTUALLY REARRANGE THE TANK. AND FOR US, THAT’S REALLY COOL. TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. YES. SO THEY DO THAT ALSO AS PART OF THE DEFENSE, BECAUSE THE LOBSTER SPECIES WE HAVE HERE IN FLORIDA ACTUALLY HAVE NO CLAWS. YOU’LL SEE ALL THESE ARE JUST REGULAR LAKES. SO THERE’S NO CLAWS AT ALL IN HERE. AND SO FOR THAT REASON THEY WILL ALSO USE THESE FOR DEFENSE. SO WE’LL USE THEM TO KIND OF FLICK PREDATORS AWAY AS WELL AS THEY’LL USE THEIR NICE CAMOUFLAGE. SO THIS BROWN AND THE RED ACTUALLY HELP THEM BLEND IN. BECAUSE THE WEIRD THING IS THE DEEPER YOU GO IN THE OCEAN, RED ACTUALLY DISAPPEARS AND JUST BECOMES GRAY. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? AS A LIGHT FILTERS THROUGH THE WATER. YEP. DEFINITELY LIKE DISTORTS THE COLOR A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHAT TYPE OF PREDATORS DO THEY HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR. SO THEIR BIGGEST PREDATORS ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY BIGGER FISH? OKAY. IT’S NOT USUALLY WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE HARD AS THIS IS. IT’S GOING TO BE WHEN THEY’RE SOFT. SO AFTER ONE OF OUR GIRLS, FRESHLY MOLTED, THEY’RE GOING TO BE NICE AND SOFT AND SQUISHY. IT’S WHERE WE GET THE SOFT SHELL CRABS FROM. AND AT THAT POINT, THEY’RE VERY PRONE FOR PREDATORS. YEAH THEY’RE VULNERABLE RIGHT? YEP. MAKES SENSE. AND WHAT DO THEY EAT. WHAT IS THEIR DIET CONSIST OF. SO THESE GUYS ARE NOCTURNAL HUNTERS. SO MOSTLY WHAT THEY’RE GOING AFTER IS DEAD FISH AND SMALLER CLAMS AND SNAILS. THEY CAN GO AFTER. THEY’RE REALLY EASY. OKAY. SO THERE ARE TWO SPECIES OF SLIPPER LOBSTERS FOUND IN FLORIDA, THE BRIDGED AND THE SPANISH. AND THEY CAN ALL BE FOUND FROM THE TOP GULF ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD SIDE OF FLORIDA. AND THESE GUYS LIVE IN SHALLOW WATER. YOU CAN FIND THEM ABOUT TEN FEET OF WATER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET OF WATER. BUT THEY’LL ALWAYS BE FOUND NEAR ROCKY OUTGROWTHS, OKAY, BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM HIDE, BECAUSE DURING THE DAY THEY’RE GONNA BE HIDING FROM PREDATORS. MAKES SENSE. YEAH. AND ALSO HELPS THEM BLEND IN WITH CAMOUFLAGE. THEY DON’T TEND TO HANG OUT MORE THAN GROUPS OF TWO. SO THEY’RE LIKE SOLO HOMEBODIES. YES. OKAY. THEY REARRANGE THEIR HOME VERY FREQUENTLY ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH. WE’RE HOPING TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, MAYBE TO MEET UP WITH THESE LOBSTERS THAT WE HAVEN’T NAMED QUITE YET. BUT IF YOU WERE TO NAME THEM, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THEM? I’D PROBABLY SAY RUBY AND DOROTHY FOR RUBY AND DOROTHY, BECAUSE RUBY SLIPPER MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? YES. HOPEFULLY T
Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper Lobster
Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper Lobster
Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper LobsterEngineering Month Continues all throughout the Month of March at the Orlando Science Center. Feel free to stop by and see how these lobsters work with their environment and engineer their living spaces to the best of their ability.
Engineering Month | The Science Of It Highlighting the Slipper Lobster
Engineering Month Continues all throughout the Month of March at the Orlando Science Center. Feel free to stop by and see how these lobsters work with their environment and engineer their living spaces to the best of their ability.