Get the Butter: Lobsters Die In Crash
Someone provided a link to this story about PETA whining over the deaths of lobsters in a recent accident in Maine.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want to build a memorial to lobsters who died in a rollover accident near Brunswick, ME.
“Countless sensitive crustaceans experienced an agonizing death when this truck rolled over and their bodies came crashing down onto the highway,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said. “PETA hopes to pay tribute to these individuals who didn’t want to die with a memorial urging people to help prevent future suffering by keeping lobsters and all other animals off their plates.”
Brunswick Police have indicated that they have no information on how many, if any, lobsters died in the crash. – Article.
Some information on lobsters is probably a worthwhile endeavor at this point.
For example, the male lobster, being the romantic fellow that he is, not only digs a burrow for the female lobster he’s courting. He also lines it with specifically selected bits of this and that, which he has scavenged from the local sea bottom, and includes a perfume of his own making to lure in the object of his affections.
Lobsters apparently do not have a limit to their lifespan. The oldest lobsters recorded are, among others, the Big Dipper, caught by some Maine lobstermen, estimated to be around 50 years old; Patrick, who lives at the Devon, UK, aquarium, age 50++; Larry, from Florida, estimated to be 110 years old; Louie, age 132, who had been living in Pete’s Clam Bar in Hempstead, NY, until he was returned to the wild; and George, age 140, who was caught off Newfoundland, but ended up in New York, and was returned to the wild. http://www.oldest.org/animals/lobsters/
The amorous nature of the lobster species does not lessen with age, either. The older they get, the more they reproduce. Unlike the mayfly, whose lifespan begins when they leave the larval stage, and ends 24 hours later, lobsters seem to have no limit to their lifespan, which means that if they gain approximately 7 pounds per year and the 4th lobster on that list weighed in at 51.5 pounds, he was around 365++ years old. If the lobstermen hadn’t caught him in 1926, he’d probably still be down there at the bottom, luring in the girls and making little lobsters.
Think about that the next time you want oysters. You might be better off with lobster.
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Yummy sea roaches.
And at least around here, relatively affordable.
“Think about that the next time you want oysters. You might be better off with lobster.”
What’s wrong with having both?
Please don’t forget what PETA is doing in Maryland reference crabs:
http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/08/25/peta-billboard-in-maryland-encourages-people-to-go-vegan-stop-eating-crabs.html
“PETA billboard in Maryland encourages people to ‘go vegan,’ stop eating crabs”
Yes, I saw that. I think they HAVE crabs instead of brains.
Ex-PH2: 😂🤣😅😆
Thank you!!!!!!
PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals. Everything is better with some nice hot butter! I’m sure they could hear the screams of agony from the poor poor lobsters! Go eat a salad or something and leave us alone!
THERE IS a special place FOR ALL of God’s creatures – RIGHT NEXT to the potatoes and gravy!!!
WW been a member of that PETA Gang for decades myself. API, don’t forget the “cat head” biscuits or cracklin’ corn bread, strictly for soppin up purposes.
“He also lines it with specifically selected bits of this and that, which he has scavenged from the local sea bottom, and includes a perfume of his own making to lure in the object of his affections”
Yep, that’s my method and it works every time.
Ex-PH2: Since today is Thursday Cooking Day, perhaps recipes for Lobster, Oysters, Shrimp, Crab?
AW1Ed posted a tasty crab cake recipe a while back.
Just a thought…😉🦀🦐
Nope, no lobsters. Onions and garlic.
Look again.
I didn’t know that there was a Peters clam bar in Hempstead LI. We used to go to the family owned one on Long Beach road in Oceanside LI during the summer, and during the winter, the family operated one down in Florida. Last I heard, the business was sold after or just before Sandy hit.
I’m not sure how old the “Oldest Lobsters” article is, so it may have been published before Sandy swamped the island.
I just realized that if we go into an (very possible) Ice Age that increases the ice thickness and volume in the northern and southern hemispheres, Long Island and Cape Cod, and even Florida, would revert to what they were 20,000 years ago – humongously large and long dunes – and the barrier islands along the US east coast wouldn’t be islands any more.
Amazing how a small minority group like pita or is it called a peter can get away with all this stuff from changing the animal cracker box design to monuments and people knuckle under to them but meanwhile, people like me in the silent majority don’t say beans about it so whatever will be, will be.
This is what Jeff is talking about when he wrote…”can get away with all this stuff from changing the animal cracker box design…”
“In a Victory for PETA, Animal Crackers Roam Free”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/business/animal-crackers-barnums-nabisco-mondelez.html
People are still eating the animal crackers, but okay…
PETA will hire lawyers to sue the trucking company on behalf of the surviving family members of the dead lobsters. Somewhere below the sea a baby lobster and his Mom have no idea that Dad is dead/dinner.
At least Crabs can “crab” their way up on the beach and look for their lost ones.
Lobsters get trapped in a cage, their claws handcuffed upon capture and jailed in giant tanks until someone tortures them with boiling water. Not even a chance to say goodbye.
Full Disclosure:
I “suffer” from a blood disorder that prevents me from consuming shellfish or raw seafood.
Man, that sucks. More lobster for me!🍤
Yeah, I know that’s a shrimp, but there’s no lobster emoji!
So, PETA wants a memorial for lobsters, eh? OK – how about this for the monument’s design:
(smile)
Haha! Never met a lobster he didn’t appreciate deeply!
I vote “YEA” on that one.
I wish I had bought the “MRE Lobster” t-shirt when it was on the Ranger Up website. Funny as hell and hits home for those who follow the ration heater instructions to prop the heater on “a rock or something.” In my case, I think I’ve used that heater once or twice in my entire career. An MRE just didn’t seem worth the extra effort, especially when you were on a time crunch.
Absolutely none of this stuff would have happened if the poor lobsters would have been wearing their lobster seat belts. Why do you think the lobsters are seen wearing helmets when on motorcycles? PETA just might be right for once. It should be unlawful to swear at lobsters or make fun of those with deformities. You know Santa could if he wanted, been pulled by a herd of lobsters rather than reindeer. I’ve never seen a lobster jump in line at a theater. Nor do they blast their loud jive ass lobster music when sitting at a stop light. Since most of them work, I might consider maybe PITA has some good ideas.
Reflective belts and APEL-approved eye pro!
Wow, what longevity. I guess I need to eat more lobster, if I want to make it to my 100th birthday. But with regard to PETA, they demonstrate in every news story about them that they are deranged.
I eat KFC JUST TO piss them off knowing that it’s one of the fast food outfits they screech for everyone to boycott. I’ve always wanted to visit Corbin KY where that all started and visit Harlan Sanders’ gravesite where PETA has erected a memorial on the plot next to it to all the chickens slaughtered for KFC, which I would throw chicken bones all over as I finished eating some KFC.
I’ll buy the beer, you buy the extra crispy.
I guess the crashed truck gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “lobster roll.”
And yes, they’re delicious. Maybe I’ll sneak ahead of a few tourists this weekend and get sone steamers and bugs at Market Basket.
For you,API:
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/08/29/kfc-contest-aims-to-give-11000-to-parents-who-name-their-newborn-harland.html
“KFC contest aims to give $11,000 to parents who name their newborn ‘Harland'”
A Proud Infidel®™ approves.
Met him on several occasions. Used to be a shift manager and head cook for the Colonel “back in the day”. Hell’uva nice guy, real pistol ball. Remind me some day, I have a few war stories about him and frying birds.
Once, a long time ago when I worked at a local Red Lobster, a guy brought in a giant lobster he said he caught on vacation in New England. That sucker was so big we had to take all the trays out of a steamer, and the crusher claw was as big as our large oval platter. It took something like 40 minutes to get him done, and they never got the crusher claw cracked at the table. The guy said he was going to take it home and take a cold chisel to it.
I’m serious, this bad boy needed a large oval carrying tray (the kind designed for a half-dozen plates) just to take it to the table, and the crusher claw was around 18-20″ long. I wonder how old it was. I also wonder how the meat was at that age. Can’t stand the damn things myself.