Top 5 Biggest Lobsters Ever Caught

[Music] [Music] [Music] it's a giant job just hauling this beast from its tank and while over the years aquarium director Amy Haden Roderick's has handled many an oversized lobster this one she says is over-the-top I mean how can you put this in words it's amazing ironically a shrimp trawler netted just lunker but so rare of a catch the captain called marine patrol which brought the lobster here so all the folks at the Department of Marine Resources to see and study it for themselves and for educational purposes it's great to be taking pictures it can use that to educate people they do this give this big now if you're wondering how old this monster might be while so are the experts it seems there is no exact science in telling on lobsters age we can estimate based on how often they would expect them to molt and how large of an increase every time they do much but it's a speculation whatever his age somehow over the years this lucky Lobster managed to elude the many thousands of traps scattered across May's ocean floor [Music] today measuring a full 40 inches turns out though this big guy won't end up on display instead back in the deeps Amy says he's earned his beliefs you know what laughter that big is pretty rare and very special so you know instead of keeping it in captivity we think it's probably best to release it back into the ground in West booth base 8th minute [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Length: 5min 7sec (307 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 09 2016