Fifth-Generation Maine Fisherman Says 100-Year-Old Lobster May Have Met His Ancestors

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A fifth generation fisherman who caught a giant lobster in the Gulf of Maine on May 30, reckoned the crustacean was around 100 years old and could quite possibly have met the previous four generations of fishermen over the years. “This is quite possibly the biggest lobster we’ve ever caught” Jacob Knowles said in the TikTok video that went viral. Knowles is a fifth generation fisherman living in Maine, and said he believed his ancestors encountered the lobster before him. “This lobster’s gotta be around 100 years old,” he said. “My father has very likely caught this lobster at one point in his life, so has my grandfather, and possibly my great-grandfather. If you want to get crazy, it’s possible that my great-great-grandfather caught that lobster when he was a baby.” Knowles explained that lobsters “migrate through the same area year after year,” making such an encounter possible. The centenarian was deemed healthy despite his old age. Knowles described “a little bit of shell disease starting” but said that t

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