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MadeInDex 📰🌎 (madeindex@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 04:43:48 JST MadeInDex 📰🌎
- Ron Dyck
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Crabs and lobster can feel pain!
Before eating them, #people should also consider that many #crabs & #lobsters are significantly older than they are.
🦀 #Crabzilla was born around 1970
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250168/Biggest-crab-seen-Britain.html
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🦞 #George was 140 years old at the time of his release! 🧓
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(lobster)
#Lobster #govegan #govegetarian #animalrights #food #cooking #animals #seafood #crustaceans
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  George (lobster)
  
  George (hatched approximately 1869) is an American lobster owned briefly by the City Crab and Seafood restaurant in New York City. Captured in December 2008, he was released back into the wild in January 2009. George weighed 20 pounds (9.1 kg), and had an estimated age of 140 years at the time. Capture George was captured off the coast of Newfoundland in December 2008, and sold to the City Crab and Seafood restaurant in Park Avenue South for US$100. He arrived at the restaurant on New Year's Eve. Keith Valenti, the restaurant manager, said that "We never intended him to be sold, just draw attention to the restaurant, and he did." Instead, the lobster had been "sitting in the restaurant's tank and acting as a sort of mascot"; Valenti explained that "we bought a big lobster, started taking pictures with kids and it worked out real well". George was given his name by a young patron of the restaurant, and was treated as a pet. He lived in the tank for approximately ten days. Release Two customers told animal rights group PETA about George being kept in the restaurant, and the group began lobbying...
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  smartlifegadgets (smartlifegadgets@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Dec-2024 14:53:43 JST smartlifegadgets
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  @madeindex @dyckron Wow, this is such an important perspective! It’s incredible to think about how long these creatures have lived and the experiences they might carry. Knowing that they can feel pain makes it even more essential for us to approach their lives with respect and compassion. Thank you for sharing this eye-opening information—George and Crabzilla are truly fascinating reminders of the amazing world we live in!" 🦀🦞✨
  
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  Butterfly (cehngw1@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 04:30:57 JST Butterfly
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  @madeindex @dyckron Your eating method is too complicated,
  
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  Ainsley Lowbeer (ainsleylowbeer@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Dec-2024 06:40:25 JST Ainsley Lowbeer
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  Imagine how well their stock portfolios have done over these many years.
  
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