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VVance
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 Posted - 07/20/2008 : 7:39:21 PM
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...or dinner for 5
World
Woman pays $1,000 to rescue lobster
Shediac, New Brunswick | July 21, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
A Canadian woman says she plans to release a giant lobster after she paid $1,000 to rescue the crustacean from a fish market.
Laura-Leah Shaw forked over $1,000 to purchase the 22-pound lobster, dubbed Big Dee-Dee, from the Big Fish seafood market in Shediac, New Brunswick, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.
The report said two unnamed Ontario groups contributed $1,000 each to rescue the animal, which is thought to be 100 years old.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/World/20080721/1005358.html |
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rtrefflich
3383 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 7:56:12 PM
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| I think she is dumb de dumb for rescuing and then releasing the lobster. Someone will catch it eventually and it will be dinner. Just thinking about it is making me hungry. |
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Managing Prime
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 7:58:08 PM
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| Sounds pretty smart to me. If my math serves me correct she made 1K and got international press...Not bad. |
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VVance
2472 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 8:02:47 PM
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And then there's Dee-Dee's cousin...Bob...
Freed lobster makes waves
BOSTON (AP) -- Pity Bob the lobster. Spared from a boiling pot in Denver and set free in Boston Harbor, he might be cooked anyway.
First, he lost a claw on the flight east. Then, his well-meaning rescuers left his other claw bound shut with a rubber band when they dropped him in the ocean.
One other thing: Bob was freed in waters rife with lobster traps.
Now the Denver restaurant owners and TV stations who teamed up to set him loose are fielding calls from viewers horrified to have seen the 10-pound crustacean dropped into the water with that red band still on.
"People call and say, 'You killed that lobster,' and I say, 'Do you realize what we do to our lobsters here?'" said Robert Hahn, who manages the Chowda House restaurant in Littleton, Colo. "At least he's got a fighting chance now."
http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1998/02/06/news/ap301.ap/ |
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toddblue
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 8:54:17 PM
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Originally posted by rtrefflich
I think she is dumb de dumb for rescuing and then releasing the lobster. Someone will catch it eventually and it will be dinner. Just thinking about it is making me hungry.
Chances are it will not survive the shock of ocean microbial life. It has been living in a clean environment for so long that it's immunities are shot. If that doesn't kill the critter, other environmental factors will. |
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rtrefflich
3383 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 9:18:52 PM
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I would agree, it is just the do gooders that think they are doing something when the end result will be the death of the lobster anyway. The only difference is now someone cannot enjoy this tasty treat.
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Originally posted by toddblue
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Originally posted by rtrefflich
I think she is dumb de dumb for rescuing and then releasing the lobster. Someone will catch it eventually and it will be dinner. Just thinking about it is making me hungry.
Chances are it will not survive the shock of ocean microbial life. It has been living in a clean environment for so long that it's immunities are shot. If that doesn't kill the critter, other environmental factors will.
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