15-pound lobster gets new lease on life thanks to Corner Brook grocery store
Scientist estimates the massive crustacean is more than 50 years old
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He may have been too big for a pot anyway but a grocery store on Newfoundland's west coast has spared the life of huge lobster that it says was a big draw for children in Corner Brook.
Colemans says its O'Connell Drive store received the massive, 15-pound crustacean — nicknamed 'Chuck" — in a shipment from a local seafood supplier.
Best outcome for this lobster would be to release him back into the ocean.- Colemans
After weeks at the store, Colemans asked marine biologist Robert Hooper, of the Bonne Bay Marine Station in Norris Point, to have a look. He estimated Chuck is more than 50 years old.
"Everyone agreed the best outcome for this lobster would be to release him back into the ocean," said Colemans in a news release.
So, on June 14, Mike Snooks, a Colemans seafood manager, carefully packed up the giant lobster for a car ride to the beach. After his claw bands were removed, Chuck disappeared into the depths of the Bay of Islands.
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