A practitioner took a scab from someone with a mild case, made an incision in the skin of a healthy person, and infected that person with the scab. Sheep-scab is a loathsome skin disease due to an acarian parasite.
I did find this link, but I don't think it will help out much, because there is nothing on the internet about it, other than this. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Wild-Animals-705/frozen-crab-life-thawed.htm. Or you can go to this link. Its about frozen lobsters coming back to life after thawed.
). Don't store them in a closed container. And whatever you do, don't put them in fresh water  they'll expire very quickly. If the lobsters are quite lively when you buy them, you should be able to keep them alive in the refrigerator for as long as 48 hours.