Lobsters

Lobsters use their legs to taste.

Lobsters

Chemosensory hairs on the legs and feet detect food. Small antennae in front of their eyes are employed to track for food from a distance. "If you watch a lobster in a tank in a market, you'll notice that they're flipping about, looking for food, dissolved chemicals in the water," Bayer explains.

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