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Related: About this forumSplit-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/34036222An orange-brown lobster was brought into the Pine Point Fishermans 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
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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
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DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)1. Strange but very pretty!
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
or aquarium somewhere, making people ooh and ahhh.
Nay
(12,051 posts)3. I hope so, too. Please don't eat this little guy!! nt
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)4. One in 50 million? Seems like there one found every year, or at least every other year.
What does that say about the amount we are pulling from the ocean?