A giant, 18-pound lobster has found a new home in famously freaky Coney Island. The colossal crustacean was caught weeks ago off the coast of Canada and sent in a shipment to the New England Lobster Co. in San Francisco. Coney Island’s Big Red is estimated to be 75 years old and still growing. New England Lobster’s bookkeeper, Jennifer Vargas, set out to save the giant creature when it was received on the West Coast. “This seemed like a [lousy] way to go,” she told the New York Daily News. “A lot of the customers were interested in him – the problem was, they didn’t have a pot big enough.” The New York Aquarium in Coney Island, run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, responded to an online posting and the 18-pounder was shipped back East. The giant lobster reportedly eats about three-quarters of a pound of shrimp and fish a day.
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