Lobster wasn’t always such a delicacy. In the 1800s, feeding lobster to prisoners was considered cruel and unusual punishment. Lobsters were referred to as the “cockroaches of the sea”. Backhause, Tyler; Backhause, Tyler. 1,000 Random Facts Everyone Should Know If they aren’t eaten by us, lobsters can live 45 – 50 years. The older they get the more fertile they become. Lobsters only became popular when New … Continue reading Feed Them To The Prisoners