Sorry I haven’t posted any news about lobsters lately
11 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
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Fisherman Edward Pothier of Digby County, Nova Scotia must have been surprised when he discovered a rare two colored lobster in a recent catch. According to the news article, lobsters
are usually brownish black, but can also be yellow, blue, and albino as well, although blue lobsters are considered to be rare, and the odds of catching one are approximately one in two million. Pothier’s acquisition is being given to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada’s largest center for ocean research. Scientist Doug Pezzack said it will probably go on display, and may be used as an educational tool as well. Some claim that the odds of finding such a lobster is one in 50 million or more, although Pezzack says it could be as low as one in 10 million.
There aren’t too many free range lobsters here in Arizona, and I’m not very familiar with the subject. I decided to do a bit of research on them and was surprised to find a picture of another duo-chromatic crustacean. This one was caught by Alan Robinson of Steuben, Maine in 2006 and was donated to Maine’s Mount Desert Oceanarium. The staffers there say they have only received three two-toned lobsters in 35 years, and the odds of finding one like Robinson’s is about 1 in 50 million.
Anyone else notice that these lobsters are mirror images of each other? One is red on the right side, and the other is red on the left side. Kind of reminds me of that Star Trek episode where the two aliens looked alike, but hated each other nonetheless. Do you think the scientists will pit the lobsters together for a fight to the death?
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