It's worth noting that Dominic's entire plan was "Make a teddy bear and then point at Snuggly."
How can the lobster police possibly not have seen Dominic.

Fifty percent of his plan was based on the lobster police seeing Dominic.

Bringing up the other question, what happens if he dies here? Is he lobotomized, does he get a terrible headache, does he need to visit an alterist, what's at stake :3