Blue lobster

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Nathan Nickerson III almost couldn't believe his eyes when he saw an unexpected pop of color in his seafood shipment earlier this week. It was one of many lobsters ordered by his restaurant, Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, in Eastham, Massachusetts -- except this one was blue.

The restaurant owner said he plans to keep it on display at the restaurant for about another week until he donates it to an aquarium. Nickerson hopes to donate it to the aquarium opening later this year in St. Louis.
"I'd like to give the blue lobster to the St. Louis aquarium out of respect to the St. Louis Blues pro hockey team, who won the championship, to show that Boston Bruins fans have class," Nickerson said.

Though many people have urged him to release the lobster back into the wild, Nickerson said he doesn't think that's feasible because ... there are thousands of lobster traps out there now," Nickerson said. "I'm sure it's going to get picked up again. We want this lobster to stay alive and stay safe."

About 1 of every 2 million lobsters is blue, the University of Maine's Lobster Institute says.
Lobsters are typically reddish brown or greenish brown, and the rare blue coloration of this one comes from a genetic defect that causes the creature to overproduce a particular protein, according to the lobster institute.



https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/blue-lobster-arnolds-bar-massachussetts-trnd/index.html

[area51]

1. Since they want to keep the lobster alive,

maybe they could eat some blue bananas instead.

[trueblue2007]

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[smirkymonkey]

3. Very cool!

I am glad they are donating it.