Um. You’re doing it wrong.
Once I found out lobsters are dropped live into a pot of boiling water, and will scream and try to climb out, I lost all interest in eating them.
I thought the screaming thing was an UL…something about the escaping steam from the shell. Ever scream underwater? I don’t know why they would be able to do it. But trying to climb out? Prolly.
I saw a cooking program once—Julia Child, IIRC—where a particular recipe called for fresh lobster cut while it was alive. They used a very sharp knife and cut it along the length of the body, right through the shell…said it was really a quick death. How sad, I thought; and how right there I would be if they offered me some of the prepared dish.
The Secret Life of [del]Lobsters[/del] Mosquitoes? Apparently chill, then kill is the most humane way to prep a live lobster.
I always get the “It’s a bug” thought pop into my head just before I drop a crab in. Same with just before I eat a lobster. Thankfully we get clean, frozen raw shrimp and prawns quite cheaply here. I hate having to peel and devein shrimp.