Good NewsNova Scotia lobsterman catches bright blue lobster
Lobsterman Sheldon Trenholm of South River, Nova Scotia, caught a rare crustacean in a trap last Friday: a brilliant blue lobster.
According to research out of the University of Maine's Lobster Institute, only one in 2 million lobsters are blue, the result of a genetic defect that causes the lobsters to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein.
More rare than blue is the yellow lobster. The odds of finding one? One in 30 million. Calico lobsters are just as rare.
Fortunately for the blue lobster found by Trenholm, it was too small to become dinner and was released back into the water — after Trenholm snapped a few photos of his catch, CBC News reported.
Earlier this year, another blue lobster was caught near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. Ryer Lobster Limited kept the lobster to show off to curious customers, the Chronicle Herald reported.
