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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. [24] While an estimated 1 in 2 million lobsters are blue, they may not be as rare as they are portrayed given how many lobsters are caught in a given year.
A pair of eagle-eyed New York brothers are credited for saving the life of an extremely rare lobster. Two young eagle-eyed brothers spot rare one-in-two-million blue lobster ‘Bandit’ in ...
Lobsters' color can vary due to genetic and dietary differences, and estimates about how rare certain colors are should be taken with a grain of salt, said Andrew Goode, lead administrative scientist for the American Lobster Settlement Index at the University of Maine.
While blue lobsters are one-in-two-million, orange lobsters, like Cheddar, are one-in-30-million: Very rare, but Ripley's Aquarium of Canada had a similar rescue last year."
The lobster was a vibrant blue, from its claws to its tail. ... Brown told Belfast Live he went to Google to find out how rare the lobster actually was and found that it was a 2 million-to-one ...
Blue lobster may refer to either: Procambarus alleni, a blue crayfish commonly called a blue lobster; Cherax quadricarinatus, another blue crayfish, common in aquaria; Homarus gammarus, the European or common lobster, which is blue while alive (but becomes red when cooked) A mutated form of the American lobster
The discovery is a one-in-2 million find, according to the New England Aquarium.
Lobsters, like snails and spiders, have blue blood due to the presence of hemocyanin, which contains copper. [8] In contrast, vertebrates, and many other animals have red blood from iron-rich hemoglobin. Lobsters possess a green hepatopancreas, called the tomalley by chefs, which functions as the animal's liver and pancreas. [9]