Bubba the lobster
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Bubba was a massive lobster caught in the waters of Nantucket, Massachusetts in February of 2005. The majestic crustacean of 23 lbs was one of the largest ever recorded (though the largest lobster on record weighed 44 pounds, twice Bubba's size). Based on the fact that lobsters generally take five to seven years to grow to a pound, Bubba may have been as much as 100 years old. The general consenus amongst the scientific community, however, is that he was probably much younger, probably around 30 to 40 years old.
The fate of Bubba was disputed. Some wanted to eat him, others wanted to spare his life so that he might be placed in an aquarium. Animal rights activists, meanwhile, argued for his return to the depths of the Atlantic. Karin Robertson, manager of PETA's Fish Empathy Project, implored CEO Robert Wholey to release Bubba. "It would be a tragedy to end his long life by tormenting him in a pot of boiling water," she wrote, "or by shoving him into a zoo aquarium to be gawked at in a tiny enclosure until he dies."
It was ultimately decided that Bubba would be displayed at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on March 2. However, Bubba died the next day. Marine biologists speculate that it was the result of stress accumulated from travel, or possibly an incorrect salt mixture in the water he was being moved about in.
