DISQUS

Andover Townsman: 23-pounder is biggest ever at Hometown Seafoods Lobster is steamed, sold for $135

  • Ann Handley · 1 year ago
    So let me get this straight... a 100-year-old, 23 lb. lobster is a rare enough creature to warrant front-page coverage. But it wasn't special enough to save from the typical fate?

    Was the best way to respect its age and size to steam it and eat it? Does anyone else find that response lacking?
  • blubla · 1 year ago
    Why it is human nature to kill things that are unique? Is it to establish dominance by eating it? We are the only species that can’t peacefully coexist with its environment.

    If it were a 100 year old dog would we have killed it?
  • TF · 1 year ago
    The lobster men should have thrown it back in the water or maybe they thought the fish store would keep it in their tank as a show piece. If I was the owner of the fish market I would have made sure this story wasn't printed. You have lost at least 1 customer.