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Larry the lobster D.O.A. at aquarium after activists rescue him from restaurant
WAPO ^
| July 29, 2016
| Shayla Love
Posted on 07/29/2016 8:37:30 AM PDT by PROCON
An ancient 15-pound lobster named Larry was saved from becoming dinner at a Florida seafood restaurant last week but has died in transit to the Maine State Aquarium, the Miami Herald reported.
When Joe Melluso, the owner of Tin Fish restaurant in Sunrise, Fla., first got the call about a massive lobster from his seafood supplier, he thought Larry could be 115 years old. After a picture of the lobster was broadcast on a local TV station, business owners and animal activists rallied to save him. They named him Larry and said he should live out his golden years in peace. iRescue, an animal activist group, and a team of local residents raised money for his travel from Florida to Maine.
Experts later estimated Larrys age to be closer to 60 to 80 years old.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: animalrights; doa; lobster
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To: PROCON
Reminds me of the sea turtle that Steve tries to rescue in Married with Children only to realize that it’s salt water turtle and he threw it into Lake Michigan which is freshwater
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posted on
07/29/2016 8:57:49 AM PDT
by
mrmeyer
(You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
To: PROCON
They’re bugs. Would they do the same for the critters running around my back patio?
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posted on
07/29/2016 8:57:58 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Warning: This post has little to do with reality, and nothing to do with polite society.)
To: mbarker12474
I see this “human interest” story as an attempted diversion by the WAPO in a hope we forget how dismal things are in this Country.
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posted on
07/29/2016 8:58:25 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
To: PROCON; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; Larry Lucido
That’s a shame. I bet he would have been succulent!
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posted on
07/29/2016 8:59:27 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: PROCON
so he didn’t die of old age...
To: Bratch
Heheheh hahahahah snerk giggle...
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:00:10 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: PROCON
Im sure the activists held a candlelight vigil for poor Larry replete with drum circles and flowers.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:03:47 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:09:54 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(<<<<<<< he no longer IS my 'teddy bear'.)
To: PROCON
Nichols told ABC that the aquarium will not perform an autopsy, but he believes the way that Larry was packaged, and how much he was handled beforehand, contributed to his death.I would have happily performed the 'autopsy' on his steaming flesh marinated in butter.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:11:08 AM PDT
by
JOAT
To: PROCON
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:19:25 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: PROCON
As Dave Barry said: Democrats would stop to help you change a tire on the side of the road and catch your car on fire.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:22:49 AM PDT
by
mykroar
(Democrats in 2016: The party of genitalia, real or imagined.)
To: PIF
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:24:19 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Russia, if you are listening* ..... proof the left has *NO* sense of humor.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:28:37 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Gamecock
Off topic but Michelle looks so sad and depressed here. Probably because this was taken in her house built by slaves.
To: AU72
*Mike’s* in Wells. Meet Mike as he takes the lobster from his pick-up [just off his boat], inside to the pound. Fresh as can be...unless you keep your own pots. Other seafood is fresh and inexpensive, compared to Portland and other outlets on the Wharf.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:31:36 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Russia, if you are listening* ..... proof the left has *NO* sense of humor.)
To: PIF
Every day I wish I was. This is my ideal [but with running water]...
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:34:12 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Russia, if you are listening* ..... proof the left has *NO* sense of humor.)
To: PROCON
Proggies and unintended consequences just naturally go together, like:
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:38:51 AM PDT
by
polymuser
(Enough is enough)
To: PROCON
The funeral for Larry was delicious.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:39:00 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
To: PROCON
“A lobsters natural habitat is butter.”
LOL.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:42:58 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Bratch
First thing that came to mind.
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posted on
07/29/2016 9:44:21 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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