Top 5 Biggest Lobsters Ever Caught

It's a giant job just getting this beast out of its tank, and while aquarium director Amy Haden Roderick has handled many large

lobsters

over the years, this one, she says, is a stretch. I mean, how can you put this into words? It's surprising, ironically. a shrimp trawler

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just a lunker but such a rare catch that the captain called the marine patrol that brought the lobster here for all the people at the Department of Marine Resources to see and study for themselves and for educational purposes. It's great to be able to take pictures. Use it to educate people they do this is so big now if you are wondering how old this monster could be while experts are too it seems there is no exact science to determining the age of

lobsters

we can estimate them depending on how often they would wait.

They molt and how big the increase is each time they do so, but it's speculation, regardless of their age, somehow over the years this lucky lobster managed to elude the thousands of traps scattered across the ocean floor of Today they may measure a full 40 inches. This big guy won't end up on display, but in the depths. Amy says she earned her beliefs. You know, a laugh that big is quite rare and very special. So rather than keep him in captivity, we think it's probably best to release him. Back on the ground at the base of the west booth, minute 8.