A huge lobster claw was found on the shores of Anglesey in northern Wales last week, which is three times larger than that of ordinary local individuals. A lobster with such a claw would be at least 3 feet in length (1 meter).
The claw was found by farmer Sean Krijnen and was 8 inches (20 cm) long. When a lobster of normal size was placed next to this claw, it became clear that this claw is as long as a whole lobster, which means its owner was at least three times larger.
The size of a part of this pincer was larger than the palm of a person and its owner could easily break a person's hand. Experts assure that this lobster was a giant at least a meter in length and it has now probably become even larger, because the found part of the claw was thrown off during molting.
Farmer Sean is sure that this lobster was very old and he was about fifty years old. Not far from the claw, he also found a piece of shell, also large in size. According to the farmer, he has never seen such large lobsters here.
Regular restaurant lobsters weigh no more than 1.5 kg, the same one weighed about 8 kg.
Sometimes in European seas, large lobsters are found with a length of 60 cm and weighing up to 5-6 kg, but mostly gigantic sizes are the lot of northern lobsters that are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of the United States and Canada. The largest European lobster caught off the coast of Cornwall weighed 9 kg and was 1.2 meters long. He was caught in 1931.
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Dr. Charles Ellis wondered at the presence of the current large lobster off the coast of Wales. He agrees that the giant weighed at least 8 kg and is amazed that he still has not got into fishing nets and no one has seen him.
