1 in 50,000,000

[dudeliness]

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So I was perusing the news, as usual, and came across this interesting story about a lobster that was captured off the east coast. No big deal, right? I mean, a lobster caught off the east coast? Happens everyday.
Wrong.
This lobster is 1 in 50,000,000. In coloration at least.

Just thought I'd share
👍


Edit:
If anyone wants to read the article here it is.

 

[docmayer]

I wonder how much that lobster dinner would cost.

 

[Ost3oclast]

I saw that. Pretty cool

 

[dudeliness]

I wonder how much that lobster dinner would cost.

I don't know.
If it's 50,000,000 times more rare than a regular lobster, would it cost that many times more? so something like a one billion dollar lobster?

 

[dudeliness]

 

[488677]

So I was perusing the news, as usual, and came across this interesting story about a lobster that was captured off the east coast. No big deal, right? I mean, a lobster caught off the east coast? Happens everyday.
Wrong.
This lobster is 1 in 50,000,000. In coloration at least.

Just thought I'd share
👍


Edit:
If anyone wants to read the article here it is.

 

[SpecterGT260]

Most lobsters don't have a central seam..... (light reflection on both colors)

That's half a fresh and half a boiled lobster. Video or it didn't happen

 

[MedPR]

Dude has too much time on his hands since he got accepted.

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[yellowperil]

I'll laugh if that fisherman painted the lobster half black and later reveal it was a joke for Halloween.

 

[dudeliness]

Dude has too much time on his hands since he got accepted.

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Hey! I resemble that remark.

 

[dudeliness]

Most lobsters don't have a central seam..... (light reflection on both colors)

That's half a fresh and half a boiled lobster. Video or it didn't happen

This is a pretty well known phenomenon in the fishing world, even if quite rare.
Here's a video from one from a few years back.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d4b_1271131377&comments=1&safe_mode=off

 

[NeuroLAX]

Most lobsters don't have a central seam..... (light reflection on both colors)

That's half a fresh and half a boiled lobster. Video or it didn't happen

Apparently it happened.

 

[dudeliness]

Apparently that's not the only rare type of coloration. A little googling finds quite a few interesting variations.

 

[DavetheMD]

Dude has too much time on his hands since he got accepted.

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Could be worse. He could be "prestudying". Dun dun dun...

 

[Ost3oclast]

Could be worse. He could be "prestudying". Dun dun dun...

Could be EVEN worse. He could have been rejected from all schools already or be planning an MCAT retake.

 

[Goro]

Nice photoshop job

So I was perusing the news, as usual, and came across this interesting story about a lobster that was captured off the east coast. No big deal, right? I mean, a lobster caught off the east coast? Happens everyday.
Wrong.
This lobster is 1 in 50,000,000. In coloration at least.

Just thought I'd share
👍


Edit:
If anyone wants to read the article here it is.

 

[dudeliness]

Nice photoshop job

Oh yeah? You think so? Thanks!
I wish I could take credit, but I'm afraid mother nature gets all the credit on this one 😀

 

[oms2]

Robinson, of Steuben, donated the lobster to the Mount Desert Oceanarium.... Bette Spurling, who works at the oceanarium, said lobster shells are usually a blend of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Those colors mix to form the greenish-brown color of most lobsters. This lobster, though, has no blue in half of its shell, she said. Bernard Arseneau, a former manager at the oceanarium's lobster hatchery, said lobsters also have a growth pattern in which the two sides develop independently of each other. The oceanarium has received only three two-toned lobsters in its 35 years of existence, staff members said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13898487/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/maine-man-pulls-rare-two-toned-lobster/

 

[dudeliness]

Robinson, of Steuben, donated the lobster to the Mount Desert Oceanarium.... Bette Spurling, who works at the oceanarium, said lobster shells are usually a blend of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Those colors mix to form the greenish-brown color of most lobsters. This lobster, though, has no blue in half of its shell, she said. Bernard Arseneau, a former manager at the oceanarium's lobster hatchery, said lobsters also have a growth pattern in which the two sides develop independently of each other. The oceanarium has received only three two-toned lobsters in its 35 years of existence, staff members said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13898487/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/maine-man-pulls-rare-two-toned-lobster/

Hey that's pretty interesting! It makes sense that the two halves of the shell must develop separately. That would be dry interesting to learn how that works. Lol

 

[ValentineLissar]

Wow. That's so cool!

Well, I guess looking different really saved that guy's little life. I had no idea that lobsters could have such a wide range of pigmentation. I love the blue hued one.