Keep these fun facts and tips handy for your next crustacean encounter:

• Spiny Lobsters are the biggest food export of the Bahamas.
• The largest spiny lobster ever recorded was 3ft long and weighed over 26 lbs.
• Since crabs' eyes are on stalks, they can see 360°.
• A large crab claw can weigh up to half a pound.
• Spiny Lobsters have long antennae over their eyes that they wave to scare off predators and smaller antennae-like structures called antennules that sense movement and detect chemicals in the water.
• It takes a spiny lobster about two years to grow to the three-inch carapace legal-harvesting size and they can grow as large as 15 pounds.

Resources for this article have been provided by Wikipedia, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.