Lobsters have special gills that allow them to survive out of water. If they are kept cool and damp, lobsters could probably survive out of water up to a week - but we wouldn't recommend eating them!

A lobster can extract the oxygen from the air, but in order to do this its gills must be kept moist or they will collapse. See similar questions...

It depends. Factors such as water temperature, body fat, clothing, activity level, will to survive, etc., can significantly influence survival time in the water. You can survive longer in cold water if wearing a PFD and using heat retention techniques like the HELP and HUDDLE positions. See similar questions...

Sorry, we're going to have to punt on this one. How long to water depends on several factors including your soil type, the water requirements of your plants, your climate and your available water. Knowing how and when to run your drip system is something that only you are in the best position to determine. Keep in mind that hot areas, gardens with sandy soils, and gardens with "thirsty" plants like annuals, veggies and some ornamentals will need longer and/or more frequent run times. See similar questions...

Recent studies have shown that HCV can survive outside the body and still transmit infection for 16 hours, but not longer than 4 days. See similar questions...

The largest lobster we ever shipped was 20" to 24" long and approximately 17 pounds. It was caught here in P.E.I. (where oversized restrictions aren't in place). Picture the width of a kid's lunchbox - which was about the width of that lobster. Larger lobsters can be shipped but the trip is very strenuous on larger, older lobsters. See similar questions...

LOBSTER is a pilot European Infrastructure for accurate Internet traffic monitoring. It is based on passive monitoring at speeds starting at 2.5Gbps, and possibly up to 10Gbps. It aims to enhance the European leadership in network monitoring technologies. See similar questions...

Preliminary studies in some research laboratories suggest that the virus may survive in the environment for several days. The length of time that the virus survives likely depends on a number of factors. These factors could include the type of material or body fluid containing the virus and various environmental conditions such as temperature or humidity. See similar questions...

Who is a carrier of hepatitis B virus? Sometimes, people who are infected with HBV never recover fully from the infection; they carry the virus and can infect others for the rest of their lives. In the United States, about one million people carry HBV. See similar questions...

In the UK, life expectancy for children has improved and subsequently increased with the development of combination therapy. Today for example, adolescents who acquired HIV at birth have now reached their 20th birthday. Therefore, as treatment and research advances there is hope for a much improved quality of life. There is a small core of children who are "long-term non-progressors" aged between 12-16 who have yet to start on any HIV therapy. See similar questions...

Their resistance to fasting is very big. The fifth stage nymph (previous to the adult stage) survives 6 months without food See similar questions...

I have personally killed released and/or escaped banded birds two years after their freedom. However, habitat, predators, available feed and the availability of water all figure into the equation. See similar questions...

Lobsters have specialized gills that allow them to extract oxygen from air as well as in water. A thin film of water coating the gill surface is necessary for oxygen to be extracted by the gills from the air. Lobsters can survive out of water for a number of days, but must be kept cool and damp. It is only when the gills are damp and cool can lobsters extract enough oxygen to survive a prolonged period out of water. See similar questions...

Legionella has been isolated from chlorine treated water. The levels of Legionella that elude the water treatment process are essentially undetectable. When this water travels through the system and loses much of the chlorine residual, either from retention time or warm temperatures in water distribution systems, Legionella can then be cultured. The colonization rate for large buildings is 20-70%, depending on the geographic region. Residential water systems can also harbor Legionella. See similar questions...

When in captivity, sea turtles should be maintained in water with a salinity level falling within a range of that of normal, natural, incoming seawater. Short periods of holding sea turtles in fresh water can be tolerated and are useful when prescribed by a veterinarian, e.g., to remove parasites and fouling epibiota such as barnacles. However, prolonged periods in fresh water should not be encouraged. See similar questions...

NO! Fresh water in any form (even ice) is lethal to a lobster. A lobster has salty blood and tissue, which requires a seawater environment to maintain life. See similar questions...

Sperm can survive for up to 5 days in the "egg white"-like cervical mucus that the woman produces at ovulation. The effect of stress is hard to measure, but it could affect the ovulation or retard it by disrupting the ovulatory hormonal cycle. See similar questions...

The most commonly figure for the archival life of magnetic tape is 30 years. Even in an era of heightened concern about compliance and records retention, that is long enough to make storage administrators comfortable. See similar questions...