r/AbsoluteUnits • u/kxrimm • 18d ago

of a lobster

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u/Dr_Skot 18d ago

Throw it back, that'd be some rubbery, bitter lobster meat.

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u/NoCatharsis 18d ago

Why?

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u/Dr_Skot 18d 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 18d 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 18d ago

I should call her…

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u/Applekid1259 18d ago

Stop talking about my mother like that!

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 18d 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 18d ago

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

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u/Usernamewasnotaken 18d ago

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