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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:12 AM Nov 2021

Rare cotton candy lobster caught in Maine: '1 in 100 million' odds


A fisherman in Maine reeled in an ultra-rare "cotton candy lobster" and is now trying to find the one-in-a-million crustacean a forever home. (Photo courtesy Get Maine Lobster)


A fisherman in Maine reeled in an ultra-rare “cotton candy lobster” this weekend and is now trying to find the crustacean a forever home.

Bill Coppersmith, who has been a fisherman for more than 40 years, hauled in the rare find this weekend in Maine’s Casco Bay and named the crustacean after his granddaughter, Haddie.

WMUR reported that the odds of catching a “cotton candy lobster” are more than 1 in 100 million.

According to National Geographic, the lobster’s opal, bluish hues might be due to a genetic mutation or an unusual diet.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/news/2021/11/rare-cotton-candy-lobster-caught-in-maine-1-in-100-million-odds.html

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Rare cotton candy lobster caught in Maine: '1 in 100 million' odds (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2021 OP
The ocean is its "forever home". BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2021 #1
Eating lobster makes a person an asshole? madaboutharry Nov 2021 #2
I'm sure the lobster thinks so. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2021 #4
more of a Sky Blue Pink if you ask me eShirl Nov 2021 #3

BlueTsunami2018

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1. The ocean is its "forever home".
Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:32 AM
Nov 2021

Literally. Lobsters are amazingly long lived. Provided some asshole doesn’t come along and eat it.

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