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Meet Blue; rare lobster who's one in two million
Topic Started: Sep 22 2008, 03:31 PM (405 Views)
Isis
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Pulled from the ocean to be served in a posh restaurant, this lobster could be forgiven for feeling a little blue.


But his unusual colour has proved a lifesaver for the unusual 5lb crustacean as he has been deemed too interesting to eat.


Saved from the the boiling pot, Blue - as he has naturally been christened - was caught off the coast of the Isle of Man by three stunned lobsters potters.


Scientists say just one lobster in two million is blue - the result of a genetic defect that causes them to produce an excessive amount of protein.

Link;http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1059766/Meet-Blue-extremely-rare-lobster-whos-million.html


He was caught by John Williams, Bev Cregeen and Wayne Pearson who were pulling lobster pots on to their boat, Whisky Galore, when they spotted Blue sitting forlornly in one of the pots.


Miss Cregreen said: 'He was a different colour from the rest of them, but it was only when we looked it up on the internet we realised how rare blue lobsters are.



Saved from the pot: This blue lobster is blue because of a genetic mutation
'We don't know what to do with him. It would be nice to put him somewhere for people to see. He's too good to be eaten.'

And because of his different colour, Blue, cannot be released back into the wild as his colour makes him a target for other lobsters.


Until a suitable home can be found Blue is being kept in a stock box where he is safe from the snapping pincers of other jealous lobsters.


A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen, at the University of Connecticut, USA, found that excessive levels of a protein combines with a red caratenoid molecule known as astaxanthin, forming a blue complex known as crustacyanin. It is this that makes the lobster blue.


In 2006 lobsterman David Percy caught a yellow lobster near Whaleback Island in the US at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The odds of finding a yellow lobster are approximately 1 in 30 million.


It is estimated that only about one in 100 million lobsters are albino - lacking in coloured pigments. They are known as 'white' or 'crystal' lobsters.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1059766/Meet-Blue-extremely-rare-lobster-whos-million.html
Edited by Isis, Sep 22 2008, 03:32 PM.
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Now how cool is that but I think they should just release him..they came up with their own reasons for what is best for the lobster..he was doin just fine till they snagged him up.
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i think i had seen somethin about this
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I wonder if they bred more, you'd get more blue lobsters..
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I think they should just let him go and let nature take it's course
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Someone should check him a little closer...he just might have something wrapped around his testicles.


I know that would probably turn me blue :lmao:
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:lmao: Geez honey
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As long as the eco-whackos don't talk our politicians into protecting those lobsters like this one as an endangered species, at huge cost to us taxpayers!
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