A catch straight out of the deep blue sea - a bright blue lobster

[sinkingfeeling]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/11/a-catch-straight-out-of-the-deep-blue-sea/?hpt=hp_c2



Canadian lobster boat captain Bobby Stoddard said he and his crew were hauling in their lobster traps one day in early May when one of the men called out, "Hey, we got a pretty one in this trap!"

In the trap with three other, ordinary greenish-brown lobsters was a remarkably bright blue one, the first lobster of that hue Stoddard had seen in his 33 years of fishing for a living.

According to the University of Maine Lobster Institute, blue lobsters are a one-in-2-million phenomenon. A genetic variation causes the lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein that gives it that azure aspect.

For now, the cerulean crustacean is residing comfortably in a nice, cold holding tank at Stoddard's business, feeding on bits of fish and mollusks as normal. A massive aquarium is under construction near the CN Tower in Toronto, but Stoddard hasn't decided whether to offer his specimen for display there.

[leftyohiolib]

1. it would be a shame to drop such a rarity into boiling water

[trotsky]

2. A sweet, tender, tasty shame indeed. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

3. that would be murder...

tasty, tasty murder.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. I know I joke below...

but if I caught him I would throw him back.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I hope he decides to give him to the aquarium.

[Odin2005]

6. AWWW! SAVE HIM!!!