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Topic: 140 year old Lobster freed
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nattie33
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From: USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted January 10, 2009 03:13 AM
 
New York– A 140-year-old lobster once destined for a dinner plate received the gift of life Friday from a Park Avenue seafood restaurant.George, the 20-pound supercentenarian crustacean, was freed by City Crab and Seafood in New York City. "We applaud the folks at City Crab and Seafood for their compassionate decision to allow this noble old-timer to live out his days in freedom and peace," said Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said the group asked City Crab to return George to the Atlantic Ocean after a diner saw him at the restaurant, where steamed Maine lobster sells for $27 per pound. George had been caught off Newfoundland, Canada and lived in the tank for about 10 days before his release. Some scientists estimate lobsters can live to be more than 100 years old. PETA and the restaurant guessed George's age at about 140, using a rule of thumb based on the creature's weight. He was to be released Saturday near Kennebunkport, Maine, in an area where lobster trapping is forbidden.
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LEXX
Moderator Posts: 2532
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted January 10, 2009 01:41 PM
Its weird to think this old fellow came into being in 1869!!!!!!!!!!!
Before electricity and cars and planes and so forth!
WOW!!!!!------------------
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Nephthys
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From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted January 10, 2009 07:12 PM
That's wonderful!   IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 12, 2009 05:02 PM
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aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 1687
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted January 16, 2009 10:35 AM
 Go George!! IP: Logged |
MyVirgoMask
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From: Florida for now
Registered: Sep 2008
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posted January 23, 2009 07:41 AM
"Many diners have been reported to be crying into their ramekins of clarified butter." IP: Logged |
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