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unhappycamper

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Wed Jul 8, 2015, 05:20 AM Jul 2015

Split-colored lobster caught off Maine, 1 in 50 million find

http://www.wcvb.com/news/splitcolored-lobster-caught-off-maine-1-in-50-million-find/34036222



An orange-brown lobster was brought into the Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op. According to the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split colored lobster is one in 50 million. Only the albino lobster, at one in 100 million, is rarer, according to the institute.

Split-colored lobster caught off Maine, 1 in 50 million find
1:54 PM EDT Jul 07, 2015

SCARBOROUGH, Maine —A rare orange-brown split-colored lobster has turned up off the coast of Maine.

The Press Herald reports that the unusual lobster arrived last week at Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough.

According to research by the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split-colored lobster is one in 50 million.

The institute reports that only the albino lobster is rarer, with the chances of catching it at one in 100 million.
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Split-colored lobster caught off Maine, 1 in 50 million find (Original Post) unhappycamper Jul 2015 OP
Strange but very pretty! DawgHouse Jul 2015 #1
I hope that rare colouring got him a reprieve from going into somebody's dinner, and he's in a zoo Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #2
I hope so, too. Please don't eat this little guy!! nt Nay Jul 2015 #3
One in 50 million? Seems like there one found every year, or at least every other year. Thor_MN Jul 2015 #4

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. I hope that rare colouring got him a reprieve from going into somebody's dinner, and he's in a zoo
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 05:48 AM
Jul 2015

or aquarium somewhere, making people ooh and ahhh.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
4. One in 50 million? Seems like there one found every year, or at least every other year.
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 08:57 AM
Jul 2015

What does that say about the amount we are pulling from the ocean?

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