# How close are lobsters and cockroaches? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176 "2018-07-18T23:31:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176/61 "2020-05-28T18:46:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Fun tangental fact: the giant isopod can live a [_long_](https://soranews24.com/2014/02/17/%E3%80%90obituary%E3%80%91-giant-isopod-no-1-found-dead-after-more-than-five-years-of-not-eating/) time without eating. Bumped for breaking news: [a giant isopod has pooped](https://soranews24.com/2020/05/29/giant-undersea-bug-in-toba-aquarium-poops-for-first-time-in-two-years/). I repeat, a giant isopod has pooped! ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176/62 "2020-05-29T13:07:33Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > … humans are in the same phylum, Chordata, but different sub-phylums … > > Humans are closer to newts … Sorry, but I just couldn’t stop myself: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYO0joolR0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzYO0joolR0) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176/63 "2020-05-29T13:46:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mainers sometimes refer to lobsters as “cockroaches.” Equally, some New Yorkers encounter cockroaches on the Uptown #2 of sufficient size so as to refer to them as “lobsters”. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176/64 "2020-06-06T03:11:44Z")
Supposedly, the [Goliath birdeater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater) tarantula (world’s largest) tastes like shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176/65 "2020-06-06T14:16:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It no doubt helps that lobsters are a lot bigger. The chitinous shell is a lot less yummy than the soft innards, if it’s even edible at all, and it’s more work to remove a lot of teeny tiny shells to get to teeny tiny inner parts than it is to remove one big shell. Note that in places like where insects ARE eaten, you don’t shell them. A common method of preparation is simply to deep fry or saute them. \ Well, if you shelled them, they wouldn’t be CRUNCHY now, would they … \ Actually I’ve had insects dipped in chocolate. They were like Nestle’s crunch. Insects are high in nutritional value, but the people who point this out are generally talking about crickets or mealworms. I think most would draw the line at cockroaches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-are-lobsters-and-cockroaches/818176.md?page=3)