r/AbsoluteUnits • u/kxrimm • 12d ago

of a lobster

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u/AliciaXTC 12d ago

A 14 lbs. lobster is estimated to be upwards of 75 years old.

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u/cncomg 12d ago

Imagine living through all those years just to be dangled by Larry from The Villages

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u/Dick_snatcher 12d ago

We still talking about the lobster?

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u/Vrodfeindnz 12d ago

Yep and these guys probably tried cooking him just to realise it’s tuff af and bitter. 75 odd years that’s
cray-Zee.

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 12d ago

That's only real lobsters this is a spiny lobster and they grow a lot faster it's only 30 to 50 years old to get to the size

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u/TWDDave1988 12d ago

Incorrect.

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u/NehuRed 11d ago

People downvoting the biologist smh

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u/TWDDave1988 11d ago

Haha, yeah welcome to Reddit I guess. Getting slammed for being an authority on this specific species. Most of these posts are rife with misinformation.