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My man used wikipedia!Originally Posted by freshxxx2death
/\ got me real interested so heres the whole thing for anyone thats to lazy
Around one in two million lobsters are blue. A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen at the University of Connecticut discovered that a genetic defect causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein.[5] The protein, and a red carotenoid molecule known as astaxanthin, combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color.[6]
Yellow American lobster at the New England Aquarium
On August 1, 2006, a Maine lobsterman named David Percy caught a yellow lobster near Whaleback Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The odds of finding a yellow lobster are approximately 1 in 30 million.[7]
On July 13, 2006, a Maine fisherman named Alan Robinson caught a half-and-half lobster, where the colors are perfectly divided on each side of the shell. He submitted the brown and orange lobster to the local oceanarium which has only seen three lobsters of this kind in 35 years. The chance of finding one is estimated at 1 in 50 million. Lobster shells are usually a blend of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. The colors mix to form the greenish-brown color of most lobsters.[8] All split-colored lobsters observed by Bob Bayer of the Lobster Institute in Maine have been hermaphroditic.[9]
On June 11, 2009, a yellow lobster was reported by the Boston Globe as having been caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, by Michael R. Gagne, sales manager at Ipswich Shellfish Company, Inc. The lobster was given by Mr. Gagne to his friend Nathan Nickerson of Arnold's Lobster and Clam bar in Eastham, Massachusetts. Nickerson named the rare yellow lobster "Fiona" in honor of his girlfriend's granddaughter and intends to keep the animal as a pet before possibly donating it to either the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster or the New England Aquarium. [1
It is estimated that only about one in 100 million lobsters are albino - lacking in colored pigments.[11] Also known as "white" or "crystal" lobsters.
this just turned into biology class lolOriginally Posted by freshxxx2death
/\ got me real interested so heres the whole thing for anyone thats to lazy
Around one in two million lobsters are blue. A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen at the University of Connecticut discovered that a genetic defect causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein.[5] The protein, and a red carotenoid molecule known as astaxanthin, combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color.[6]
Yellow American lobster at the New England Aquarium
On August 1, 2006, a Maine lobsterman named David Percy caught a yellow lobster near Whaleback Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The odds of finding a yellow lobster are approximately 1 in 30 million.[7]
On July 13, 2006, a Maine fisherman named Alan Robinson caught a half-and-half lobster, where the colors are perfectly divided on each side of the shell. He submitted the brown and orange lobster to the local oceanarium which has only seen three lobsters of this kind in 35 years. The chance of finding one is estimated at 1 in 50 million. Lobster shells are usually a blend of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. The colors mix to form the greenish-brown color of most lobsters.[8] All split-colored lobsters observed by Bob Bayer of the Lobster Institute in Maine have been hermaphroditic.[9]
On June 11, 2009, a yellow lobster was reported by the Boston Globe as having been caught off the coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, by Michael R. Gagne, sales manager at Ipswich Shellfish Company, Inc. The lobster was given by Mr. Gagne to his friend Nathan Nickerson of Arnold's Lobster and Clam bar in Eastham, Massachusetts. Nickerson named the rare yellow lobster "Fiona" in honor of his girlfriend's granddaughter and intends to keep the animal as a pet before possibly donating it to either the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster or the New England Aquarium. [1
It is estimated that only about one in 100 million lobsters are albino - lacking in colored pigments.[11] Also known as "white" or "crystal" lobsters.
