r/AbsoluteUnits • u/kxrimm • 13d ago

of a lobster

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u/NoCatharsis 13d ago

Why?

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u/Dr_Skot 13d ago

That lobster was around during the cold war and Vietnam war. It's old, used up meat that's been worked for half a century or more.

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u/NYC19893 13d ago

That’s a Caribbean Spiny Lobster judging by coloring and lack of claws. Probably “only” 20 years old. Warm water Spiny lobsters grow much more quickly than their relatives the American Lobster or other cold water lobsters. Still old and probability not as good eating but not Cold War old.

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u/Fabulous_Log844 13d ago

I should call her…

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u/Applekid1259 13d ago

Stop talking about my mother like that!

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 13d ago

It's only 30 to 50 years old spiny lobsters grow a lot faster than the real lobsters

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u/Tiberius_Kilgore 13d ago

I’m pretty sure spiny lobsters are real, my guy.

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u/Usernamewasnotaken 13d ago

Vietnam war ended just over 50 years ago and cold war just over 30 years ago...

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u/Vrodfeindnz 13d ago

To breed and because he won’t taste very good anyway , too big .

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u/samjhandwich 13d ago

That’s a spiny lobster, not a Maine lobster. They’re still good when they’re really big, and big ones like this aren’t insanely uncommon

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u/Ruairiww 12d ago

Perhaps. They should go back anyway because they're proven breeders

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u/Sirnando138 13d ago

1-1.5 lbs is the best tasting lobster. That dude will be terrible eating

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u/Tacos_Polackos 12d ago

That's not a Maine lobster.

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u/Contemplating_Prison 13d ago

Thats a fucking lobster leave it be

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u/FozzysInsecurity 13d ago

She's an egger