China: Catch giant 1.5m long lobster, extremely rare

A Chinese fisherman recently caught a rare giant lobster, about 1.5 meters long, weighs nearly 7kg and had a giant asked to buy for 1.2 billion dong.

According to Sina, one of the fishermen Quach, 53, in Fujian recently stumbled upon a particularly rare giant lobster. Local people say this is the tiger lobster, especially rare and expensive lobster species in the world.

Giant lobster weighs nearly 7kg, 1.5 meters long.

'Lobster has a very large head. I have caught seafood for decades but have never seen lobsters so big, ' said Guo, insisting that he is not a specialist in hunting lobsters.

The 53-year-old said he was not a professional lobster catcher.

He just wanted to take photos to share with friends. Unexpectedly, the photos then posted on social networks attracted special attention of the online community.

The giant lobster turns red when it's dark.

At that time, Mr. Guo learned that he caught extremely rare giant lobsters. According to Sina, this giant lobster has a different color from regular lobster.

It has many different colors on its body, dark blue with full body and red light on the antennae. Lobster head with purple color looks very luxurious, alternating are extremely eye-catching yellow dots.

Chinese netizens said that this giant lobster is like a king in the deep-sea lobster kingdom.

Guo said the giant lobster weighs nearly 7kg. The body length of lobster is about 60cm, if the whole beard is 130-145cm long, equivalent to the height of an elementary school student.

This giant lobster is paid up to 1.2 billion VND.

In the morning the shrimp is blue but it is dark, under the light, it turns red again.

The Chinese man has now taken the giant lobster to a friend's house to open a seafood restaurant. It is placed in a large fish tank.

Knowing that Mr. Guo caught giant lobsters, many locals also gathered to watch. Mr. Quach also received many phone calls asking to buy lobster at high prices.

There are giants in Phuc Chau who sell 350,000 yuan (about 1.2 billion dong) to lobster.

Mr. Guo currently does not know what to do with this giant lobster.

But locals say the price is still quite low and advises Mr. Guo to wait for the buyer to pay a higher price.'Some say the lobster costs up to 1 million yuan (about 3.4 billion),' said Guo.

Glad to catch the rare giant lobster but Mr. Guo also felt anxious.

A few days passed, the lobster showed no signs of wanting to eat, whether the prey was small fish or shrimp.'I don't know how to feed this lobster, so many people come and see how to touch it.'