Costco Now Sells 'Naked' Lobsters Without Shells - Daily Meal

Think about your average backyard lobster boil. You get a big pot and either steam or boil lobsters until they turn bright red, then bust them open with crackers and shellfish forks to get at the meat. At the Cedar Bay lobster processing facility, however, they have large machines that are essentially pressure chambers. The lobsters go into a tank of water where they're exposed to several thousand pounds of pressure. This process not only kills the lobsters instantly, it also causes the flesh to disconnect from the shell, so when they come out of the machine the meat easily slides right out of the shell.

The great thing about this method of processing lobsters is that you don't have to deal with a big pot of water, messy tabletops, and wearing one of those silly plastic lobster bibs. The only downside is that you get lobsters that the internet says look a lot like the brethren of the cartoon scientist from the TV show "Futurama."

"RIP Zoidberg and his family," said one Redditor, while another added, "All I can think of is Zoidberg without his shell."