to move up and down
And now for something completely different, a ‘Halloween’ lobster
A Massachusetts fisherman has caught a creepy-looking lobster that’s coloured to match Halloween. The New England Aquarium says the 1-pound female lobster has an orange side and a black side, with the colours split perfectly down the middle.
Marine officials say such coloration is estimated to occur once in every 50 million lobsters. (Emily Bauernseind/AP/New England Aquarium)
Rocky, Maine’s biggest-ever lobster, returns to the ocean
The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12 kilogram) nicknamed “Rocky” with claws tough enough to snap a man’s arm, was released back into the ocean on Thursday after being trapped in a shrimp net last week, marine officials said.
The one-metre male crustacean was freed in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, said Elaine Jones, education director for the state’s Department of Marine Resources.
“All the weight is in the claws,” Ms. Jones said. “It would break your arm.” (Photo: Maine Department of Marine Resources/Reuters)
When a Quebec grocery store opened a shipment of lobsters, one of the crustaceans looked like it had already been boiled and was ready to eat – until it started to move… Read the full story on National Post.com. (This reminds us of the blue lobster found in P.E.I. a month ago)
Rare blue lobster caught in P.E.I.
Prince Edward Island fisherman Blair Doucette has seen many different colours of lobsters — bright red, orange, yellow-red — in his 35-year career, but none like the rare blue lobster he caught on Wednesday. The extremely uncommon pigment is the outcome of a genetic disorder. (Photo: Karen George)
