Split-colored Lobster Credit: Wellfleet Shellfish Company
It may not exhibit a split personality, but this lobster is so unique that the chances of catching it are around one in 50 million.
The Wellfleet Shellfish Company announced that a split-colored lobster was caught off the coast of Cape Cod by a local fishing crew aboard the Timothy Michael.
“Split lobsters like this are extraordinarily rare — caused by unique genetic variations that create their striking half-and-half coloring,” said the company in an April 21 Facebook post.
The crustacean—half orange and half black, split right down the middle—has a long life ahead, too, because it is not headed for any lobster pot.
The company is donating it to Woods Hole Science Aquarium, where “she’ll eventually be on display for the public to experience up close once they reopen.”
In the meantime, the lobster was handed over to the team at the Marine Biological Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), also in the town of Woods Hole, on Cape Cod.
Woods Hole team member receives the lobster – Credit: Wellfleet Shellfish Company
“Moments like this are why we do what we do: supporting our fishing community, protecting the ocean, and sharing its wonders with everyone,” the shellfish company concluded.
Split-colored lobster Credit: Wellfleet Shellfish Company
It truly is a wonder, indeed.
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