Larry the lobster D.O.A. at aquarium after activists rescue him from restaurant

WAPO ^ | July 29, 2016 | Shayla Love

[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 Larry’s age to be closer to 60 to 80 years old.

[mrmeyer]

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

[IYAS9YAS]

They’re bugs. Would they do the same for the critters running around my back patio?

[PROCON]

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.

[Gamecock]

That’s a shame. I bet he would have been succulent!

[Tennessee Nana]

so he didn’t die of old age...

[Rurudyne]

Heheheh hahahahah snerk giggle...

[Gamecock]

I’m sure the “activists” held a candlelight vigil for poor Larry replete with drum circles and flowers.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

They do!

[JOAT]

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.

[rlmorel]

I nearly piss myself laughing every single time I see these enviro-whackos mourning the loss of an old growth tree!

[mykroar]

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.

[Daffynition]

flatlander ;)

[PIF]

Hillbilly ;)

[Dilbert San Diego]

Off topic but Michelle looks so sad and depressed here. Probably because this was taken in her house built by slaves.

[Daffynition]

*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.

[Daffynition]

Every day I wish I was. This is my ideal [but with running water]...

[polymuser]

Proggies and unintended consequences just naturally go together, like:

[Flick Lives]

The funeral for Larry was delicious.

[Carriage Hill]

“A lobsters natural habitat is butter.”
LOL.

[dfwgator]

First thing that came to mind.